🚨 BREAKING
🇺🇸 THE FED WILL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE ITS INTEREST RATE DECISION TODAY AT 2 PM ET!
IF RATE < 3.50% → MARKET GOES PARABOLIC
IF RATE = 3.75% → MARKET STAYS FLAT
IF RATE > 4.00% → MARKET DUMPS HARD
ALL EYES ON THE RELEASE 👀
new york knicks won the finals
Trump won the war with Iran
USA is going to win the world cup
SPX500 is going to end the year @ 8,000+
long markets long degeneracy long America
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆
New York defeats San Antonio 4-1 in the NBA Finals, capturing their third championship in franchise history!
Agency > Intelligence
I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency?
Grok explanation is ~close:
“Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path.
People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next.
It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”
Writing down what I plan to achieve for the day, being flexible about when exactly I achieve it, and blocking time out to achieve that particular thing.
I believe it’s for control and convenience. Playing in two disparate tax brackets they know the woman will be reliant on them for the image and wealth. There is a clear disadvantage though for settling for this archetype given her promiscuous and free-spirited internet persona…
When you move to a new town, ingratiate yourself with the people. Meet the mayor, deputy mayor, town judge, attorney, police chief, council members & local business owners. It may seem irrelevant, but those relationships give you protection with zoning or disputes, access to info, opportunities and potential contracts & you’ll be taken more seriously if you ever come across security issues.