rob hardy

Agency itself is not necessarily a good thing. It becomes a good thing as a toolkit, developed by people who are also high in conscientiousness, who want good things for the world, and who might otherwise be constrained by narrow perspectives on what counts as socially acceptable action.

you can be high agency without being highly ambitious. That might describe somebody who is highly agentic in shaping the kind of personal, emotional, or spiritual life they want, but who is not especially motivated to succeed financially or professionally.

“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.”

―Oscar Ameringer

When you stop reading, you stop writing.

When you stop writing, you stop thinking.

When you stop thinking, you stop feeling.

When you stop feeling, you stop believing.

When you stop believing, you stop building.

When you stop building, you stop bettering.

When you stop bettering, you stop caring.

When you stop caring, you stop living.