You Are the Boss: How To Take Full Control of Your Life
- Steven Norrell

- Sep 26
- 2 min read
Every day, you’re given the same gift as the world’s greatest leaders, innovators, and visionaries: 86,400 seconds. That’s the daily allowance. What you choose to do with them determines the life you create—or the life you surrender.
The truth is simple: You are the boss. ⚜️⚜️⚜️ Whether you embrace it or ignore it, the direction of your future hinges on one powerful word—responsibility.
Own Every Aspect of Your Life
No one else is coming to hand you your dream life. No manager, no politician, no lucky break. The moment you stop waiting for someone to give you permission is the moment your power switches on.
Taking responsibility means shifting from victim mode to creator mode. It means:
Owning your habits.
Defining your vision.
Making conscious choices about where your time, energy, and attention go.
It doesn’t mean perfection—it means control. And control belongs to those who step up and say, This is my life, and I’m going to lead it.
Define Where You Want to Go
A ship without a destination drifts. A life without a vision does the same. If you haven’t defined where you’re headed, your 86,400 seconds will get wasted on someone else’s agenda.
Write it down. What do you want your life to look like? Your health, relationships, finances, business, impact. Clarity is the ultimate accelerator—it turns dreams into action plans.
Because here’s the fact: people who don’t have goals end up working for those who do.
The Power of 86,400 Seconds
Think of each day as a bank account with 86,400 seconds deposited into it. You can spend them wisely, invest them in your future, or burn them on distractions. But you can’t save them for later.
Winners don’t get more time—they get more intentional. They align their seconds with their priorities. And over weeks, months, years…that alignment compounds into results that look like “luck” to outsiders.
Be the Boss of Your Future
The LIVEBIG life doesn’t happen by default—it happens by design. And the designer is you.
Take full responsibility. Stop outsourcing your life to excuses.
Set clear goals. If you don’t define them, someone else will.
Own your 86,400 seconds. Small, consistent actions transform your entire trajectory.
Your future is waiting. The only question is: will you step into the role you were meant for?
Remember: You are the boss. 🗝🌎











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