Jameson Olsen - Becoming the Main Character (Ep. 322)

Th this is your story. No one else is ever gonna make you the main character in their story. At best you'll be a side character. So if you really want to have a fulfilling life, it's up to you. The same rules that authors, screenwriters, any storyti. to create a great character for a great story can transfer over to how you Visualize and execute your life. The reason those became the s the rules for great storytelling is because they represent the greatest and most resonant truths. That humans have discovered about a good fulfilling life.

Hello everyone, I'm not Jim O'Shalls. I'm Liberty. Jim is writing a new book and while he was knocking a snuck in the studio and decided to record uh this conversation about what we can learn from fiction and fictional characters. So who better to have a talk about this then my friend Jamison Olson. He's building the school of protagonism. It's a life philosophy. built from the mechanics of great stories. Jameson, welcome to the show. Liberty, it's great to be here. Maybe we can begin like a good story at the beginning. Uh if you could tell us a bit about yourself, but like the Jamison origin story, like

Why did you need protagonism? How did you arrive to this? Uh that's a great way to start. I think like a lot of people I found myself Years post college graduation and just

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