Ordinary or Extraordinary

by | Leadership, Business, Numerology, Success

Ordinary or Extraordinary 

Which Are You Being?

 

Every day, I see talented business owners trapped in ordinary.
And honestly, it’s heartbreaking.

 

They follow the “rules” they were taught: run the numbers, execute the strategy, tick off the tasks.

They do everything “right” yet feel drained, stuck, and frustrated.

Ordinary doesn’t scream disaster.
It whispers quiet dissatisfaction.
Slow burnout.
That nagging sense that surely life and business were meant to feel bigger than this.

 

What Ordinary Looks Like

Ordinary is familiar. Predictable. Safe.
It slowly bleeds the joy out of what you’ve built.

It includes:

  • Checking emails before you’ve even had your morning coffee; your energy hijacked before the day begins.
  • Sitting in back-to-back Zoom calls, answering the same questions your team ought to have handled.
  • Following a “proven” strategy that makes sense on paper yet never seems to create traction.
  • Watching competitors pop up everywhere, all saying the same things and realising you sound just like them.
  • Managing staff who do the bare minimum and watch the clock instead of caring about your vision.
  • Clients who haggle on price, ghost mid-project, or drift away without notice.

You’re not failing when you’re ordinary, you’re surviving.
Survival is not why you started this business.

Ordinary gives you fine

Fine doesn’t pay off the mortgage early.
Fine doesn’t create freedom.
Fine doesn’t leave a legacy.

 

Ordinary or Extraordinary

 

What Extraordinary Looks Like

Extraordinary doesn’t wait for permission.
It doesn’t follow the crowd, it leads.

Extraordinary is when:

  • You design your business around how you actually work best, your energy, your rhythms, your genius rather than someone else’s checklist.
  • Strategy and intuition operate side by side. You use data to decide when to act and intuition to decide what’s right.
  • You become the only choice in your industry because your message, your methods, and your results cannot be replicated.
  • Your team is switched on, self-sufficient, and proud to represent your vision.
  • Clients stick, refer, and rave because no one else delivers like you.

 

Extraordinary feels lighter.
There’s flow, energy, momentum.
It is the difference between running a business and leading a movement.

 

The Turning Point: Sarah’s Story

Let me show you what this looks like in real life.

Sarah (not her real name) was brilliant, capable, and committed.
On paper, her business looked successful with steady revenue, loyal clients, a small team.
Behind the scenes she was exhausted.

Her days looked like this:

  • 7:00am She skimmed her inbox while making breakfast.
  • 9:00am–5:00pm Sarah was in back-to-back meetings, phone calls, and constant firefighting.
  • 7:00pm She ate dinner at her desk, replying to “urgent” client messages.
  • Weekends were spent catching up on everything she didn’t get to during the week.

Her staff needed constant oversight.

Her clients were flaky.

Her spark was gone.

Sarah was running a textbook “successful” business and hating every minute of it.

That’s what ordinary does. It drains your edge.

 

The Shift to Extraordinary

After a few sessions together, Sarah flipped the script.

She stopped doing what she was supposed to do and started leading like the visionary she actually is.

Here’s what changed:

  • She restructured her business week so she had three client days, two CEO days, and watched her productivity double.
  • She built her team around her core strengths instead of patching weaknesses.
  • She stopped chasing “more clients” and focused on deep, aligned partnerships.
  • She made decisions based on her numerological timing and intuition, and every move just worked.

 

Within months, her team was self-led, her revenue grew, and she finally had weekends again.
She went from running on fumes to leading from flow.
That’s what extraordinary delivers.

 

Ordinary vs Extraordinary

Ordinary gives you “fine.”
Extraordinary gives you freedom, flow, and impact.

Ordinary gives you comfort.
Extraordinary gives you influence, energy, and fulfillment.

Ordinary follows formulas.
Extraordinary writes their own.

Ordinary hires employees.
Extraordinary builds a team that shares the vision.

Ordinary works harder.
Extraordinary works aligned.

Ordinary blends in.
Extraordinary stands out.

Ordinary attracts clients.
Extraordinary creates raving fans.

Ordinary gets the job done.
Extraordinary changes the game.

Ordinary manages tasks.
Extraordinary leads people.

Ordinary chases growth.
Extraordinary magnetizes it.

Ordinary survives.
Extraordinary thrives.

Ordinary is forgettable.
Extraordinary is unforgettable.

 

It’s the difference between running a business and building a legacy.

 

Your Wake-Up Call

Are you willing to keep playing small and ordinary?
To keep spinning your wheels, staying busy, following someone else’s formula?

Or are you ready to step into extraordinary – to lead from your edge, make bold decisions, and create a business that feels like freedom again?

That’s the work I do with my clients.

I help them bridge strategy with intuition.
Logic with energy.
Ordinary results become extraordinary outcomes.

When you decide to stop playing small, extraordinary begins.

Ready to claim it?
Let’s make it happen.  Book your free consultation or message me.

 

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about the author

Daphne Wells coaches women to design a life and business that feels free by helping to release expectations that don’t resonate and fully embrace what makes them happiest. An advocate for independence and author of Decide – Choose your own path, Daphne helps women find their inner strength and take courageous action all over the world.

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