When you are born; you have a good solid twenty or thirty years of Boot Camp; The first ten are when you learn how to use your new equipment and most of it's basic functions and you learn as much information about your new environment as possible; After that it's up to you; You can take charge, keep learning and moving forward or you can follow.
Sadly most people follow because most people tell most people to follow so most people follow even though they're not happy about following; Do you follow?