Are You Operating in Default Mode?

Have you ever done a review of your life at various stages? For example, during childhood time, if you could remember, what were you thinking of most of the time? How about when you were a teenager, what kind of lifestyle were you living. Was it a typical teenage life? Were you happy?

What were you thinking most of the time when you were pursuing paper qualifications such as diploma, degree or even master? Were you very totally focus on completing to be the top student? What was the first thing in your mind when graduation was approaching? Was looking for a good paying job in your top list? Very opposite to that, some will plan for long vacation to various hot destinations. Were you one of them? The day you started work, what were your priorities? Was climbing the corporate ladder a natural thing for you?

If you could relate very intimately what I have mentioned here, it could simply mean that all this time, you were operating in the default mode. 80 percent of people in this world lead a default life. They get a safe job, save money, live below their means, buy a house, buy a car, own a few credit cards, get out of debt, and invest for the long term in a well-diversified portfolio of mutual funds which they have no idea at all. They enjoyed as much as they could during younger days. During schooling days, they focused most of their time on improving their studies. They barely took interest in other things that happened around them, which could have positive or negative impact to them.

While at work, job satisfaction and good salary were priorities. At the same time, you hope that your pension scheme could ensure a wonderful retirement for you. You felt that the government could do more to help your financial situation. Do these start to ring a bell? Look at the peers around you. Do these apply to them? The important question is, were you living such life?

Is it a great life you are leading? Are you proud of what you have achieved to this point in time? Well, if your answer is no, then please read on. Success coach, Tony Robbins said that if you keep doing the same thing, you will achieve the same result. Insanity is when you expect a different result by doing the same thing again and again.

You only live once. So the message that I would like to deliver across is that we should make full use of our time to start doing something very meaningful. It is like leaving behind a legacy. When you look back at your achievements, you would give a well-deserving pat on your back and say, "Great job!"