When you are living in automatic mode, you are just a passenger, but with self-leadership you are the driver of your life. You are responsible for your life because you are able to respond or, as we like to say, "response-able." You can choose your responses to any situation when you know where you are going and why you want to get there. Before exploring your own direction, you should be familiar with the difference between the things you are responsible for and those you are responsible to.