“Default settings” are familiar to people who use computers or smartphones. These settings allow the product to be used “right out of the box”. “Default settings” can be modified and in many cases, restored, at the press of a button. These settings make the device easier to operate for the “novice” or the “technically challenged”; all the while allowing the savvy user to “personalize” his or her device.
“Default settings” aren’t limited to technology. Humans have them too! Ok, let’s not call them “settings”. Let’s just call them what they are – “habits” or maybe even “automated responses to the same repeated experiences” which occur day in and day out, over and over again. Come on now, you know, what I’m talking about – the actions we take without putting any “real thought” into them. We all do it.
How many times have you said or heard someone say, “Today I feel like I’m running on auto-pilot.”? Have you ever thought if that was even possible? What if your life is being executed using “default settings”? Heck, what ARE your “default settings”?
I don’t know. Maybe what I’m trying to “get at” is this -> how active a role do you take in your own life? Are you actively participating or are you standing on the sideline hoping for an opportunity to “get involved”?
Why hope? Create that opportunity yourself! Do whatever you need to do, just take action and…
GET IN THE GAME!
The only person responsible for you is you. Take control of your life. You might start by examining your “default settings” and perhaps, change a few. Heck, what can it hurt? You can always press the “reset to default” button, right?
A small change today can make a big difference tomorrow
Go ahead, try it yourself and see!
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