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- Things that make this hard in practice:-It’s hard to actually know what you want or need;-It’s hard to be creative about solutions and imagine how another person would help solve it;-It can be intimidating to ask the person;
from Seven ways to become unstoppably agentic - EA Forum by Evie Cottrell
sari added 2y ago
- If you are going to put yourself out there, you are going to get rejected. The solution is not to put yourself out there less, but to learn to get a kick out of rejections. You are making yourself vulnerable to rejection, which can feel crushing and bad.
from Seven ways to become unstoppably agentic - EA Forum by Evie Cottrell
sari added 2y ago
- Having a low bar for asking for help is a learnable mindset. Now, whenever I encounter something difficult or aversive, my first thought is, “who would be the best person to have on my side here?” Then I begin to reach out to people who could help.
from Seven ways to become unstoppably agentic - EA Forum by Evie Cottrell
sari added 2y ago
- Figure out what you need, figure out who can help you get it, ask them for it
from Seven ways to become unstoppably agentic - EA Forum by Evie Cottrell
sari added 2y ago
- Increase your surface area for serendipity... To me, creating serendipity vehicles looks like h aving a low bar for sharing what you’re doing online. For example, if you are confused about an idea, consider writing a blog post about it.
from Seven ways to become unstoppably agentic - EA Forum by Evie Cottrell
sari added 2y ago
- Nearly all of the best things that have happened to me in the last year have been a result of actively seeking and asking for those things. I have slowly been developing the skill of agency.
from Seven ways to become unstoppably agentic - EA Forum by Evie Cottrell
sari added 2y ago
- If I’m not being rejected from anything, then I’m not properly exploring the boundaries of my option space. I want to know the limits of my current capabilities. If I was accepted to everything I applied for, then I clearly wouldn’t have been exploring enough. I would have been staying too much within my comfort zone, and in expectation, missing ou... See more
from Seven ways to become unstoppably agentic - EA Forum by Evie Cottrell
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