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
just be your self & do your own thing
discover & express your unique self
forge your own path
make your own rules
Stuart Evans and • 24 cards
scene-making > sensemaking
Have faith: whatever the goal, the universe will provide lessons. Those lessons will either contain the growth to make you strong enough to accomplish the goal, or the wisdom to see a better goal.
Emmett Shear • Tweet
The most successful entrepreneurs and business people aren’t necessarily the smartest. But the managerial tracks that have fueled the upper-middle class have been fed by a credentialed cognitive elite. I expect those priorities to shift toward agency, adaptability, and demonstrated value creation.
Jeff Giesea • Agency is the new superpower
Things I tell myself to be more agentic — LessWrong
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building a world for yourself creates magnetism in the purest sense
@leahprime
Different academic disciplines have different takes on the word “agency”:
- Philosophy sees agency as the capacity to act intentionally and rationally to bring about change in the world.
- Psychology views agency as a person’s capacity to exert control over their environment and experience a sense of ownership over their actions.
- Sociology understands