Finder shortcut to open a directory path

I find myself using this a lot after a co-worker showed me. Basically, if you come across a directory path you need to get to, like to drop files into a folder or delete file, whatever, instead of manually clicking each directory to get to the destination, you can copy and paste the path into finder via

   ⌘ + Shift + G



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