All Roads Lead to Rome — Don’t Be Afraid to Branch out as You Pursue Your Goals

There is more than one way to achieve your success.

Ryan J
2 min readDec 6, 2019
Image by Jan Alexander from Pixabay

With thanks to the likes of social media and having instant access to pretty much any information in the world at the touch of a button, these days the road to success is pretty much common knowledge.

Decide what you want, come up with a plan on how to achieve it and then take action, never giving up until you reach your target.

These are the ‘fundamentals’ when it comes to achieving your goals.

And it’s a pretty good strategy to follow in order to get to where you wanna be.

But what happens when your initial plan only gets you part of the way there? When things don’t play out the way they’re supposed to?

Does that mean it’s time to give up?

Of course it doesn’t, we don’t ever give up.

The one thing that we all often forget.

All too often we come up with one plan and one plan only.

We are so conditioned to hear that if you stick to the plan and never give up then eventually you will reach your goals.

But the one thing that we often forget is that in most cases, no matter what you’re striving to achieve, there is usually more than one way to achieve your goals.

I recently wrote a piece— that I hope you’ll read, it’ll only take a minute or two — talking about branching out and exploring your options as you work towards your success.

It’s easy to forget that one size doesn’t fit all and that each of us work in different ways.

What works for you may not work for me etc.

So, if you find that you’re spinning your wheels on the pursuit of your goals don’t be afraid to explore other options.

It doesn’t matter how you get there just as long as you reach your destination in the end.

Thanks for reading! :)

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Ryan J
Ryan J

Written by Ryan J

Writer from Northern Ireland 🍀 | Based in Sydney 🦘 | Exploring life, ideas, and stories worth telling.

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