There is no wrong way. There is only your way.
– Rick Rubin

The title is a parody of a quote by Rick Rubin, in his incredible book The Creative Act: A Way of Being.
I have always been under the impression that there is a right way for anything. It led to me to obsess over doing every thing the right way. I copied others when they did something that worked for them. More often than not, it failed. And I ended up self-criticizing: “It worked for them, I must have done it wrong.”

Our definition of “the right way” is usually a mixture of cultural conventions, religion, and advertised lifestyles of our role models. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell explains why mindlessly following our role models' footsteps will most probably not get us to where it got them. Culture and religion, on the other hand, are entirely circumstantial. They change when you change your location and surroundings. I noticed this first when I moved to a bigger city, and then again when I moved to another country. The new environment and culture challenged my most fundamental beliefs, making me question the most basic things in my life.
A strict culture develops a strong inner shame in its people. They will be afraid of doing anything unconventional, unique, or original. It turns its society into a legacy system and its people into miserable maintainers.

The inevitable consequence of believing that there is “a right way” is that all other ways are wrong. It kills creativity. It kills authenticity. It creates a fear of trying new things, of acting stupid, of experimenting, and of finding your own way.