There Are Infinite Paths to Success… What Will Yours Be? | Ep. 18

I went to the bookstore yesterday. It was nostalgic. I slowed my pace to take him to smell of freshly printed pages, filled with a slightly chemical stuffiness. As usual, I didn’t bring my phone with me so I was virtually unreachable, in a place that felt like an alternate dimension.

I wandered slowly through the aisles, letting my fingers run across the spines of all the thoughts and experiences of countless artists, sharing their stories.

The science section filled me with wonder as I imagined the level of mastery these authors would have to develop, especially in these various eclectic fields, from neuroscience, to weight loss, and even structural engineering. The path towards mastery is never a single route.

From this point on the map, there are an infinite connection points, byways, and offramp‘s all leading to a special place of knowledge and mastery. You have the choice to become whatever you desire.

That thought should truly be liberating.

More liberating than any other. If your path was indeed the correct path, would there be any cars for shame? If your path was leading to a legendary gold medal that only you could achieve, would you berate yourself for not being good enough?

If your path was leading towards unending joy and a piece so stable nothing could shake it, would you feel anxious about the future?

That is the truth for all of us. We stand at a crossroads today, between a path that will bring us our mastery, letting our stories land on the shelf next to the greats: Vonnegut, Hemingway, Tolstoy, King… 

We are given our own path towards greatness.

We simply need to start walking.