Agency
Ideas around agency, aka the sense of control that you feel in your life + your capacity to influence your own thoughts and behavior
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Agency
In the other direction, I think there are skills and dispositions which increase your agency in general. Practical wisdom, the skill of knowing that to do, is generally agency-increasing because it makes it easier to find paths to act on your preferences, so gets you used to acting in general.
David R. MacIver • Learning to exercise agency
What idea changed how you view the world?
Here's mine: High Agency.
The high agency library: (19 best examples I've found in 4 years) https://t.co/IOttWTOC5u
“the high agency library” - great examples of agency
Pessimists see problems. They worry about what could go wrong in the future. Optimists see possibilities. They focus on what could go right in the future. Proactive people turn problems into possibilities. They give us reasons to be optimistic about the future.
Adam Granttwitter.com"Proactive people turn problems into possibilities. They give us reasons to be optimistic about the future."
"Can we really just do things?"
>Yes, we can!
"Can you teach me how? Is there a school?"
>Yes, we are making it happen! TPOT Agency School is happening next year!
Workshops & Talks by:
@gptbrooke, @sashachapin, @nosilverv, @kaseyklimes, @leahprime,... See more
Christopher Smederx.comthread
