Have you ever taken the “Rocking Chair test”?
You are 80 years old, on a porch somewhere on a rocking chair, looking back on your life wondering whether you should have done certain things, taken unbelievable opportunities, changed career so you get to help people more and follow your true calling, taken more holidays to places you were always fascinated with, gone after your true ambitions that would have a massive impact etc.
When you look back at your life, you will realise chasing after a big house didn’t matter, going after a false title or “standing in life” really was a waste of time and you can never buy respect, you need to earn it by your actions.
Chasing money for money’s sake was the most shallow thing you did because it never lasted because you created no foundation and value for others, dining in the restaurants “to be seen in”, rather than eating in the places that really made you happy was embarrassing now etc.
The rocking chair test makes us realise that we should do the things that come from our hearts, to fight for the things that we see as a cause and believe in, to hang out with those we want to, rather than those who we think will advance us “social climbing” standings.
This test makes us that our true opportunities only exist right now and they are only fleeting.
We don’t know how much time we have left to enjoy them so we have to make the most out of every day, to work at our best levels continuously to achieve them, and the real possibility we have each and every day that we can positively impact not only our own lives, but all of those around us too.
