“In truth, freedom is the ability to choose your response and direction in any situation.”
Source: Freedom by Design: Toltec Principles for Rewriting Your Beliefs and Reclaiming Your Life
“Thus far, humans have excelled at decision-making, but our comparative advantage may not last… Ultimately, it is an existentialist question around agency.”
“Suppose it's all a question of glandular secretion. Too much of one gland, too little of another — and you get your murderer, your thief, your habitual criminal. Clement, I believe the time will come when we'll be horrified to think of the long centuries in which we've indulged in what you may call moral reprobation, to think how we've punished people for disease — which they can't help, poor devils. You don't hang a man for having tuberculosis.”
Source: The Murder at the Vicarage
“If we do not succumb to external dictates but live true to our internal beliefs, we can reclaim authenticity and agency, engage with the world, and listen to the wisdom of our choices and values. ("Everybody his story")”
“Some things will constantly emerge; others may disappear or change at different rates. Ultimately, we have agency to determine our future. We have choices as, above all, we are human.”
Source: Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
“Decisions only exist when they are actioned.”
Source: Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
“Agency is our ability to take action and influence outcomes.”
Source: Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
“While he could not directly challenge Fahim, Haroun had one advantage: he had direct experience with how groupthink could rapidly destroy prosperity of a country. And with his knowledge and invitations to be a guest speaker, he would do everything he could to educate others about the dangers of groupthink to prevent others from suffering like he did.”
Source: The Refugee from a Democratic Utopia
“Agency is the job. Choices are your duties while on the job. Consequences are the eventual paycheck. So, if you want a decent paycheck, make decent choices.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“While your wants get you into conflicts, only your wants can get you out of them.”
Source: The Invisible Four-letter Word: The Secret to Getting What You Really Want in Life.