I agree bj. You can't re-invent the automobile unless you have actually spent some time driving, a ton of time.

As for thinking differently, we are all in a state of flux when it comes to learning poker. It's only when we have these so called "AHA moments" that we begin to think differently about a concept or the game and improve. To think that you are going to do something different in poker and find a new, successful path that has not been tried would be a akin to banging your head on the wall. It's useless. There are so many things that are proven, winning strategies that we cannot even grasp, why bother looking for new paths. I for one, will spend the rest of my pursuit of poker knowledge on trying to figure out what Gabe, Sauce, ISF, P4's, Cocco bill and all the other $400NL, $600NL, $1KNL regs on this site are doing differently and learn from them. Blaze a new path if you want. I'm going this way, it's been proven to be successful and I would rather take successful over trailblazing.