Their older children all became doctors, but their youngest son chose/followed a different (career) 'path'.
His friends all went to college, but he chose to 'follow' a different path. [=to do something different]
He believes the average consumer is being 'led down the garden path' by the promises in advertisements.
(..) How did you do that? - Inner peace. - Inner piece. That's cool. - Inner piece of what? - It is the next phase of your training. Every master must find his path to inner peace. Some choose to meditate for years in a cave just like this... ...without the slightest taste of food or water. (..)2011 Kung Fu Panda 2
(..) could also bring darkness and destruction. Shen's troubled parents consulted a soothsayer. She foretold that if Shen continued down this dark path, he would be defeated by a warrior of black and white. The young lord set out to change his fate. Shen returned to his parents (..)2011 Kung Fu Panda 2