The path to success is not a straight line, it is a zig zag of successes and failures.
The process of reaching a goal you seek is one of continuous experimentation. Within an infinity of choices of goals you will make some specific choices, in order to approach the direction you have set as your own path. But there are no wrong or right choices, every direction you take whether it leads to success or failure will always bring you one step closer to your goal. If the direction of the choice you made is parallel to the target direction, then you have realized that you are on the right path, if again your choice has no alignment and again it may indicate you to look in the opposite direction and it is definitely better than inaction , from doing nothing.
Your choices will always lead you, as long as you have the will to experiment productively.