I have learnt things the hard way, but now I’m interested in learning things the easy way. Who isn’t? Unfortunately, in doing so, i’ve found that to truly learn good stuff you absolutely have to go the long way round. For sure, short cuts get you somewhere quickly. That’s what they do. But the journey is so much important than the final destination. And before those the-end-result-is-everything people pipe up, when you talk to someone that truly fills the shoes that they stand in, it’s a humbling experience. These are the people you want to talk. Hear their stories, share their war scars, laugh at the same wrong turns you’ve made. These are the people that taken the long way round…