Lewis Howes

day.

So the lesson I'm going to share with you is that agency is everything.

The moment you stop seeing yourself as the victim and start seeing yourself as the author, your life begins to change.

When you start seeing yourself as writing the words on the page of the book of your life, instead of someone that is reacting to what other people want for you, everything in your life starts to change.

And for years, I would just blame people.

I would blame coaches, teachers,

you know, partners that I was in relationships with, friends, parents.

I was just blaming everyone.

I thought blame would protect my pride, but it only made me angry, resentful, more guarded, a people pleaser, and honestly, just feeling stuck in my life.

And the day I started taking responsibility, my confidence started to return.

I could feel a weight emotionally, physically, literally lifting off my chest.

there was like a ball of pain that sometimes would come and go.

And it's almost like it just disappeared.

It wasn't about how everyone else was affecting my life.

It was about actively choosing to not let them.

An action step I want for you is to pick one area where you feel stuck in your life.

Maybe it's in your finances or relationship or your health or whatever it might be.

And I want you to ask, what can I do today to take ownership of this situation?

And then I want you to take one brave step in actually taking that ownership.

It might be having the conversation.