45. The Ordinary World Trap (and How to Escape It)

Direct Your Life

In this episode, I break down one of the most important steps in taking back control of your story—understanding your world.

Before you can "Direct Your Life," you have to know where you're standing in it. I compare life to filmmaking and reveal the different roles we all play: the extra who blends into the background, the stand-in who practices life but doesn't live it, and the actor who finally steps into the scene. But the goal is to become the director—the one who takes ownership, calls the shots, and designs the story on purpose.

I also share an excerpt from my upcoming book, Direct Your Life or Someone Else Will, where I use the acronym O.R.D.I.N.A.R.Y. to describe the mindset that keeps people stuck on autopilot. This one's all about awareness, honesty, and actually implementing what you've been learning—because consuming content without creating change is the fastest way to stay ordinary.

If you've been drifting, this is your wake-up call to audit your world, rewrite your script, and start calling "Action."

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