are you driving or drifting

Today I am reading the book "Now what" and the book mentioned the difference between

1) Do what you feel like to do

2) Do what you said you will do

 

The first is automatic mode that any creature will do, sit back, relax and enjoy the 77F degree sunshine. The 2nd is the self-driven mode. It usually involves hard-work, commitment and risking what you already have.

 

I think what the book is missing is an even worse mode, that is the puppy mode, where you are doing what others told you to do, following the crowd. That will give you the safety or shall we say illusion of safety.

Because let's face it, the crowd is almost always wrong. See that stock market crash? What was "the crowd" saying the day before?

 

To live a real life, one should listen to the voice within, and ALWAYS take the harder the choice instead of the easier one.