Agency
When Nadal warmed up, it was sheer aggression. He sprinted up and down like a man possessed with his shirt dripping in sweat.
When Djokovic warmed up, it was pure emotionless calibration. He was measured and scientific with every shot.
When Federer warmed up, you could hear him giggling before he arrived. He was doing trick shots, caressing the ball... See more
When Djokovic warmed up, it was pure emotionless calibration. He was measured and scientific with every shot.
When Federer warmed up, you could hear him giggling before he arrived. He was doing trick shots, caressing the ball... See more
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
If it doesn't defy the laws of physics - you can't give fixed odds on whether a human will solve the problem because of human agency.
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
There's no unsolvable problem. If it doesn’t defy the laws of physics, it’s only up to us as humans to decide to find a solution. The probability of solving a problem is increased by us taking the path of high agency.
One tool to make this easier is to reframe decisions as experiments . You’re no longer a perfectionist frozen on stage with everyone watching your every move, you’re a curious scientist in a lab trying to test a hypothesis. E.g. “ I’m 60% certain that moving to New York is better than 40% of staying in Doncaster...Ok. It’s time to Blitzkrieg. ”... See more
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
“Reframe decisions as experiments“ these experiments give us practical data and there’s confidence to be found when applying this principle.
Problem 1: They lived in the wrong location to fly
Through reverse-engineering, they calculated the need for winds of 15 miles per hour and sand hills for a soft landing, which they couldn’t find in Ohio. Again — This is pre-internet. They couldn’t just use Google Maps to find this location.
Solution: Contacted the Weather Bureau for the data... See more
Problem 1: They lived in the wrong location to fly
Through reverse-engineering, they calculated the need for winds of 15 miles per hour and sand hills for a soft landing, which they couldn’t find in Ohio. Again — This is pre-internet. They couldn’t just use Google Maps to find this location.
Solution: Contacted the Weather Bureau for the data... See more
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
Having interest over solving a question, being curious, researching and trying to create is exercising agency at the highest level. Going down rabbit holes, trying to understand concepts and focus on problems deemed “unsolvable” is to happen to life.
Low agency is being stuck for years on a problem without realising it could’ve been solved by one hour of searching YouTube.
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
How To Spot High Agency People
- Weird teenage hobbies - Teenage years are the hardest time to go against social pressures. If they can go against the crowd as a teenager, they can go against the crowd as an adult.
- Treadmill energy - If you meet with them when you're tired and defeated, you leave the room ready to run a marathon on a treadmill
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
High agency people go against the social tide, made up rules aren’t a barrier to take interest in something and they are truly authentic human beings.