The path to success is an elusive quarry

I’m going to share an anecdote from my summer days. Bear with me, because while I admit that I wanted to share it, there’s something to be learned from it!

Our story begins with a starting point (a train station), a clear destination in mind (a pretty palace) and a mistake (getting down from the train two stops too early). The plot goes as follows:

We got down in the village of Postdam, near Berlin, because that’s where the map said the palace was. In a stroke of brilliancy, none of us though t...