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Destination or the Journey?
Destination or Journey | Santa Fe, New Mexico | Feb 2009

The destination is the same, but the journey is far different.

Given the choice, which route do you take?

Which is more important: the process or the result? The journey or the destination?

A reminder: How to Fail: 25 Lessons Learned through Failure

View Comments to “We form ourselves more by the routes we take than the destinations we reach.”

  1. Chris Natsuume Says:

    You know – the easier route is vastly underrated. Some of the best times I have had were on the easier route…

  2. Taylor Davidson Says:

    The funny thing: on this hike I took the easier route :)

  3. Ethan Bauley Says:

    One of my fears is that I constantly choose the steeper route…there is such a thing as too much risk…but you only know how far down you have to fall when you climb up to the edge and look down ;-)

  4. Robert Says:

    Towards the crumbling roads and bridges in the modern world , We form ourselves more by destination and not by our journey.Result is important than the Process like BGI World Wide Logistics( http://www.bgiworldwide.com) which in turn provides quicker ,faster and secure results to reach the destinations..

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  7. travelblissful (Erica Johansson) Says:

    “We form ourselves more by the routes we take than the destinations we reach.”
    http://tinyurl.com/cg6358

  8. Marvin Says:

    I choose my own path, I never know where I am going but I have the same finish as the paths listed, I learn more, but I still have yet to get lost?? Its like I have internal GPS, my problem is that I know that I need to get lost to learn more.
    BTW I am enamored with your thought process and ideas and how you create a chaos of ideas to form a single thought.

  9. Taylor Davidson Says:

    I believe that we have to get lost before we can find ourselves…

    And sincerely, thank you, that is an incredibly nice thing to say; although maybe I should learn to create a single thought without first creating the chaos :)

  10. Taylor Davidson Says:

    I believe that we have to get lost before we can find ourselves…rnrnAnd sincerely, thank you, that is an incredibly nice thing to say; although maybe I should learn to create a single thought without first creating the chaos :)

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