To achieve a goal, destination or level of proficiency you have to know the traffic rules that govern how you get to you destination. Whether you drive a Porsche, Honda or limo just provides a means to achieve your goal, to reach a destination.
The road you travel is the means to reach a destination and there are many roads. They all serve the same purpose. Whether you take route 95 or 66 is up to you, how you travel that route is also up to you.
You don't want to get out on that highway until you know the rules of the road, the model and make of the vehicle and the ability to drive safely. If you fake or gloss over the rules of the road and just jump into the porsche, turn the key and stomp the accelerator you may indeed travel the road in relative safety. You will, sooner or later, encounter an obstacle that will run you off the road. In most cases that obstacle could be avoided if you took the time to learn the rules of the road.
Metaphors, the life blood of communications with its own obstacles. It is a vehicle that will take you to all the places you wish to go. It is up to you to learn the rules of the road. It is up to you to choose the means of travel. It is up to you to practice to achieve a driving proficiency that allows you to circumvent, bypass or overcome all the road impediments.
Give this your consideration. This is important and worthy of greater study.
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