1 LIFE PATH: The Innovative Leader

A born leader, you’re self-motivated, independent, and a hard worker.

You thrive in a competitive environment, although you often get sidetracked by listening to the non-stop voice of criticism in your head, whispering incessantly: “You’re not good enough.” Make sure to practice turning the channel when you start listening to that station!

In your life, you go through three tiers of development.

First, you realize and question the way in which you feel dependent.  This shows up in various ways and yet is primarily lodged in your feelings of dependency on your family or surroundings to the point where you question yourself in relationship to this form of identity.

The second aspect of development usually shows up as rebellion as you attempt to extract yourself from your feelings of dependence and individuate yourself.  This takes a while.

Then, if you’re able to manage this successfully and come out with a healthy sense of independence, then it’s time for you to move forward into achievement.

As an individualist, you’ve most likely felt unique in many ways. You have innovative and advanced creative ideas.  Yet when you’re feeling insecure, you feel you just don’t fit in or belong anywhere, as though you’re really out of sync with the demands and expectations of the world.

When you’re being your authentic self, you’re the kindest, most trustworthy, compassionate, and compelling individual.

When you aren’t feeling confident, you tend to be pushy, defensive, aggressive, and angry. Those emotions are your chosen outlets when you’re struggling with feelings of unworthiness.

It’s crucial for you to work on honing your skill at anything you do, whether that means your job skills, communication skills, or relationship skills. Reaching a level of expertise instills you with a reliable sense of self-confidence.

As a 1 Life Path, having complete trust in the skills you’ve learned and mastered will serve as a kind of “security blanket” for you when you’re feeling insecure or your sense of confidence is under fire.

Having the ability to fall back on high-level skills you know inside out will stabilize you and get you back in your game.

You’re a pioneer, an innovator, and capable of great success and achievement in the world. You need to be in charge and managing in some way. You would make a great entrepreneur or inventor. Often the highest and best use of your abilities is when you mastermind a project, get it up and running, make sure management systems are in place, and then you’re off to the next venture. You might feel stagnant if you don’t allow yourself to tackle new challenges.

You’re full of creative energy, so embrace your creativity and understand that this is your gift. Imagine new things, introduce new concepts, and then delegate the details and either move on with another project or continue developing your project while taking it to the next level of success.

Anything that calls for tapping into your unique voice, independent action, and decision-making is your forte.

As you develop your leadership skills, nurture the best in others and understand that creativity flourishes in an atmosphere of inner security and confidence. You must open up, take risks, and step off the beaten path. Your constant challenge is to consistently and consciously develop your sense of being self assured, self-directed, and centered.

Since you’re all about #1, you can tend to see only your own wants and needs and have trouble listening to anyone else’s point of view.  When this happens, “1” can truly be the loneliest number. You’re more powerful when you take the lead, yet know that you aren’t an island.  If you’re successful, it’s because of the participation of others in manifesting your vision.  Make sure you share your gratitude.

Common threads when a 1 Life Path is “on fire” from working with optimal energies are boldness, innovation, risk taking, resilience, and following the inner voice.

Your Life Path Explained

How to calculate your Life Path Number

How to calculate your Life Path Number

If you’re only going to know one number in your entire Numerology Chart, I’d recommend that you know your Life Path Number.

This number is derived from your birth date and indicates your ultimate life’s purpose.  Knowing your Life Path Number gives you solid direction about what you’re meant to be doing in your life.

Yet also understand that what we came here to do will always be the most difficult thing for us to do.  That’s why it takes a lifetime!  Why would you sign up for a degree program where you’d already earned a Doctorate?  You’re here to learn something new and your course requirements are revealed to you through your Life Path number.

Always know that the key themes of your Life Path number indicate exactly where you’ll experience challenges and difficulties throughout your life as you go about learning to acknowledge and master your life’s purpose.

First you need to know your Life Path Number.  See how to calculate yours with the example below.

Calculate your Life Path number:

EXAMPLE:

MAY 6, 1961

  • MAY is the 5th month:  = 5
  • The day of birth is 6:  = 6
  • The year of birth is 1961. Add all four numbers together: 1 + 9 + 6 + 1 = 17; continue adding until you get a one-digit number:
    1 + 7 = 8

We now add the resulting single digits.

Month = 5      Day = 6      Year = 8

5 + 6 + 8 = 19

In Numerology, you always keep adding until you reach a one-digit number.

1 + 9 = 10

1 + 0 = 1

The Life Path Number is 1