Sometimes the greatest discoveries happen when you willingly venture off the designated path and purely follow your curiosity. In podcasting, the best interviewers are those who can release their own agenda and go where the story is more interesting. In music, new harmonies and rhythms are discovered only when the artist is open to deviating from the melody.

If something tugs at you and seems intriguing, be brave enough to follow that childlike urge and explore where it leads you. You may stumble on a fascinating new storyline, career path, business solution, or poem. You may inadvertently be paving the way for others to follow in your footsteps. Or you may, at the very least, discover something fascinating about yourself or the world.

Interesting people stay interested. Go where the path leads you. And every once in awhile, step off it.