How to Be More Agentic
To get what you want, you determine the nature of the things you must deal with. Certain things can produce certain effects and no others — that’s outside your control. What you do control is your choice of things that will be the appropriate means to the end you seek.
Harry Browne • How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
you should be aiming to get the results you want in the world, not to maximize effort
> The Myth of Willpower is the idea that virtue lies in exerting extreme effort to overcome obstacles, and that any success attained without effort is actually bad, bordering on immoral. The truth is that high-agency people are always... See more
Cate Hallsubstack.com
My point is simply this: Whatever circumstances life brings you, you will be more likely to succeed and find happiness if you take responsibility for making your decisions well instead of complaining about things being beyond your control. Psychologists call this having an “internal locus of control,” and studies consistently show that people who h... See more