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By the way, you talk about that quote, someone, uh, who was it? Anyways, one of my friends brought up his favorite quote of Napoleon, which was really good. It was kind of similar idea, but it's just something simple. And it's just a, in a letter and he's writing to one of his generals and, um, he just says, um, energy, energy, always more activity. Everything relies on you.

By the way, you talk about that quote, someone, uh, who was it? Anyways, one of my friends brought up his favorite quote of Napoleon, which was really good. It was kind of similar idea, but it's just something simple. And it's just a, in a letter and he's writing to one of his generals and, um, he just says, um, energy, energy, always more activity. Everything relies on you.

And he said, he just tells himself that like, there's almost nothing that can't be solved with more energy and activity.

And he said, he just tells himself that like, there's almost nothing that can't be solved with more energy and activity.

Yeah, I did too. This was great.

Yeah, I did too. This was great.

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Hello, and welcome to How to Take Over the World. This is Ben Wilson. High agency. This is one of the major through lines of all the great leaders that we talk about on this show. They all have incredible agency. They take action. They're proactive. They happen to the world. The world does not happen to them, I think is the best way to think of what high agency is.

Hello, and welcome to How to Take Over the World. This is Ben Wilson. High agency. This is one of the major through lines of all the great leaders that we talk about on this show. They all have incredible agency. They take action. They're proactive. They happen to the world. The world does not happen to them, I think is the best way to think of what high agency is.

So today's episode is a principles-based episode where I'm going to share some of the ideas that I've been thinking about based on my recent reading. And high agency is one of those things that people are talking a lot about.

So today's episode is a principles-based episode where I'm going to share some of the ideas that I've been thinking about based on my recent reading. And high agency is one of those things that people are talking a lot about.

And also I've at the same time been thinking about because of some of the recent episodes I've been doing, especially Edwin Land, someone who was very high agency from a very young age. And so that came to the forefront. So on this episode, I'm going to be talking about how to be more high agency, what are the various components of it, how to think about problems in a more high agency way.

And also I've at the same time been thinking about because of some of the recent episodes I've been doing, especially Edwin Land, someone who was very high agency from a very young age. And so that came to the forefront. So on this episode, I'm going to be talking about how to be more high agency, what are the various components of it, how to think about problems in a more high agency way.

I think this is a major key for taking control of your life and accomplishing more. So hopefully it's of use to you. I'll also be previewing future episodes. And at the end, I share one idea for how to actually take over the world in current day, 2025, a major opportunity that I think is out there that people are not taking advantage of.

I think this is a major key for taking control of your life and accomplishing more. So hopefully it's of use to you. I'll also be previewing future episodes. And at the end, I share one idea for how to actually take over the world in current day, 2025, a major opportunity that I think is out there that people are not taking advantage of.

This is a subscriber only episode, so I'll be doing five minutes free preview, but then maybe it'll be ten. I don't know. We'll see where I cut it off. But then the rest of this 30 to 40 minute episode is going to be for subscribers only. OK, so let's start off with how to be high agency.

This is a subscriber only episode, so I'll be doing five minutes free preview, but then maybe it'll be ten. I don't know. We'll see where I cut it off. But then the rest of this 30 to 40 minute episode is going to be for subscribers only. OK, so let's start off with how to be high agency.