agency

On agency, by Henrik Karlsson and Johanna Karlsson - recomended by Anna Howard on How Life Changes When You Realize the Rules are Made Up (youtube)

Maybe you’re not Actually Trying (On selective agency in capable people) by Cate Hall - recomended by Anna Howard on How Life Changes When You Realize the Rules are Made Up (youtube)

Do what you can't by Tommy Dixon - recomended by Anna Howard on How Life Changes When You Realize the Rules are Made Up (youtube)

• “Most real knowledge is the result of doing something deliberately for a long time and steadily making small improvements. It requires a stubborn, almost silly, amount of trial and error and repetition, all as a form of love. Even wisdom lives "in the hands" because it is a product of pain, not instruction.”

• “If you've noticed, we've developed a pattern for learning. Start by doing. Commit to somewhat consistent and somewhat deliberate practice. Only later, once you've built a foundation on the hard rock of creation, seek out examples of things you love and study them. Maybe add in some theory, but maybe not.”

How Life Changes When You Realize the Rules are Made Up by Anna Howard - Description: For ourselves and for our neighbors, let's build up our sense of agency, shall we?

TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — Intro 0:43 — Defining agency 2:21 — Craftsy Sponsorship 3:29 — Self-Advocacy 6:16 — Selective Agency 8:45 — How to spot areas of low agency in your life 10:29 — Learning by Doing 12:47 — relationships that foster agency 14:51 —What’s the least complicated next step? 15:19 — finding the path of least resistance 15:54 — Werner Herzog’s unconventional path to filmmaking 16:36 — Gendered aspects of agency, women and self-sacrifice 17:59 — anarchy calisthenics 25:12 — Building agency as a communal experience 27:12 — The comfort of despair vs. the price of hope 28:52 — The danger of mass despair and the importance of imagination