Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. — Muad’Dib: Family Commentaries

My Take – You have to be willing to deviate from established patterns and instructions in order to learn.  If all you’re doing is precisely following the path that someone else has blazed, you will never be anything but a follower.  Sometimes getting off the beaten path will send you down a cliff or face to face with one of the neighborhood bears, but sometimes it leads to a better path to a higher mountain.  Take the time to try your own methods in life, and you might find you’re rewarded with your own results.