Agency and assertiveness
Subject in Self-Improvement
Agency and assertiveness has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Modern Wisdom. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Chris WilliamsonBritish podcaster and host of Modern Wisdom
- Prediction · due May 2028
Williamson predicts George Mack's book on high agency will be published within about eighteen months.
“He's going to be writing the definitive book on high agency. It'll come out at some point in the next year and a half”
Modern Wisdom: How To Make Better Decisions (with way less uncertainty) - Joe Hudson - #1171 (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:33:54
Joe HudsonExecutive coach and founder of Art of Accomplishment, former venture capitalist who coaches founders and researchers at companies including OpenAI
Hudson says becoming decisive increases one's sense of agency, which he distinguishes from assertiveness.
“If you do the work to be decisive, you definitely feel like you have more agency”
Modern Wisdom: How To Make Better Decisions (with way less uncertainty) - Joe Hudson - #1171 (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:30:51
Predictions
- Prediction · due May 2028Chris Williamson
Williamson predicts George Mack's book on high agency will be published within about eighteen months.
“He's going to be writing the definitive book on high agency. It'll come out at some point in the next year and a half”
Modern Wisdom: How To Make Better Decisions (with way less uncertainty) - Joe Hudson - #1171 (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:33:54 · Agency and assertiveness
Podcasts
- Modern Wisdom · 1 episode
Episodes
How To Make Better Decisions (with way less uncertainty) - Joe Hudson - #1171Modern Wisdom · Nov 2, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Chris Williamson talks with coach Joe Hudson about why decision-making is emotional, how fear distorts choices, and how principles, iteration and emotional acceptance improve decisions.