Transformation by going down the Road Less Travelled

Robert Frost once wrote a poem that people know but seldom live by: “The Road Less Travelled”

“Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the road less travelled by. And that has made all the difference.” The joke goes the reason no one went down the road is the bridge was out. But what is the true nature of this poem and the blog that attempts to prove transformative guidance to leaders?

The first question to be answered is not why the road is less travelled, but why the person took it. Was the person naturally curious? Where they board of the tedium of their lives, a natural feeling of inward turmoil we all have as we hit middle age? The important thing is the person took the leap of faith to go somewhere the average person does not tread.

The second question to be answered, was it worth it? Without knowing anything of the journey, I can say without equivocation “yes it was”. The person who attempts this journey, and it would be a journey, must have the mindsets  “whatever happens, I am open to the outcome”. The person saw, heard, smelled, and most assuredly “felt” something that the average person trying to live by their status quo lives will never know. This one fact sets this person apart from everyone else. Are you this type of person? Be honest, are you?

As individual human beings, members of  communities, managers, and leaders every day we face those cross roads, seeing  them or not. Most of us take the road more travelled because it is easier, unfortunately helping to keep us in our mundane worlds. We take the road more travelled and wonder why our own lives, employees, and companies are stuck in ruts. All the while we hold others in awe wondering how they became successful. Well, it’s simple, sometime in their lives they took the road less travelled. They “felt” something people who never take the chance will never feel.

If you want to go to the next level for yourselves, your employees, or you organization, open up your eyes. Look for the road less travelled, turn your feet, and begin to walk down the path. It takes courage, but open yourself up to “feel” the experience of taking the road less travelled. It will be the beginning of transforming you as an individual, a supervisor, into leader.  

Go out and find your road less travelled and enjoy the experience.