Power in Numbers

Best quote in the article:

“You live your life prospectively and tell your story retrospectively, so it looks like everything is converging.”

Sometimes it is easy to get discouraged when you look at the success of others, especially when what they have done looks like (and often is presented as) a carefully executed plan. More often than not, it was a "bumbling along" that only looks coherent in hindsight. It's amazing how many discoveries were surprising side effects uncovered during the pursuit of something entirely different.

So, don't worry if you feel like you don't have a perfect execution plan for your vision. Just keep moving forward, and one day you will be able to explain to your biographer how, against a tide of conventional wisdom, you knew exactly what you were doing all along. ;-)