Wow Steven.....you really know how to strike some mean chords man.
The thing that always came up for me in any of my days walking the "path toward greatness" as a younger man....was chasing down those rabbit trails. Problem is.....it's a lovely journey full of the knowledge that the main thing was to get to the end from the beginning.....that's the goal, right? Go without looking too much. Just look....and keep going.
However, there I'd go bip-bopping along doing more looking and trying than accomplishing. Look at that....watch what I might do with this. Or what if I was as good at that other thing over here. Yeah.....that, too....and that....and that.....
However, in my days now I'm walking toward the prize as one who is actually tapping into those quasi-accomplishments..... and taking sips from the experience to nourish the hunger and thirst for "gettin good."
I got a ways to go.....so far.....so good.
-G