The number one indicator of future success: high agency. I… - Dickie Bush

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The number one indicator of future success: high agency.

It's a simple binary: do you believe you can influence your own outcomes or not.

High-agency: This is an inconvenience. How can I solve this?

Low-agency: This is an inconvenience. This sucks.

Dickie Bush

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Dickie Bush, a former BlackRock hedge fund trader and Princeton graduate, became a leading figure in online writing and digital entrepreneurship. He co-founded Ship 30 for 30 with Nicolas Cole, a popular 30-day writing program that has served over 10,000 participants, and runs the Premium Ghostwriting Academy while sharing insights on audience building and atomic essays through his Substack and X.

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