DAN KOE

The future belongs to the high agency. Sounds cute. Everyone thinks they're high agency. But most people aren't. About 50% of the population do not have the cognitive development to be so. Here's why it's more important than ever and how to practice it:

If you were secretly recorded during your next "deep work" session and had to watch it after, you'd probably find that 90% of the work you're doing is unnecessary, and most of the needle-moving tasks could be done in 2-3 hours, maximum.

Your best ideas will never come from trying to have them. You must let the creative process play out automatically. You must read more, do more, experience more. Then you must give yourself time to do nothing because that's when your mind will put all the pieces together and shoot out an idea that may change everything.

The best way to learn something is to write about it, in public, but only if you care about learning. When you write, you are forced to organize thoughts into words. When you teach someone else, you feel obligated to understand the topic.