More than one 'surefire' road

摘要

The human mind is designed to seek patterns in the seeming chaos of life and search out "surefire" methods for achieving particular objectives. We all want to know what makes people successful; consequently when a few people get ahead treading a particular path, we are eager to prescribe it as the One True Way to success. But once in a while, something or someone comes along to challenge our assumptions and shows us there is more than one road leading to Rome.