To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s. — Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
The way to do great work is to explore your curiosity. Because every person who’s done great work in history has been the one creating footsteps, not following someone else’s. – Matthew Ao
Dan Koe • Gain a New Perspective on Life & Business
“He goes his own way, making no attempt to follow the steps of earlier sages.”
John Kehoe • Quantum Warrior | The Future of the Mind
it I may have found out another for myself, I desire that there may be as many different persons in the world as possible; but I would have each one be very careful to find out and pursue his own way, and not his father's or his mother's or his neighbor's instead.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden (Illustrated)
Are you following your past or discovering your path? Are you following the crowd or discovering your tribe? Are you following your passion or discovering your curiosity?