You know that friend who somehow makes grocery shopping feel like an adventure? Or that coworker who walks into Monday morning meetings like they’re strutting onto a stage? They’ve got main character energy, and honestly, it’s kind of magnetic.

Here’s what nobody tells you: most of us are walking around feeling like extras in our own lives. We say “yes” when we mean “no.” We dim our personalities to fit in. We wait for permission to want what we want. And then we wonder why life feels like it...