On agency - the mindset of being able to look past defaults and constraints, and find ways to take action to achieve your goals. Examining what’s holding you back, understanding what agency feels like, and concrete advice on how to cultivate it.| Neel Nanda
I have a lot of anxiety around asking people for help, and I think this is a major bottleneck. I outline why this is a problem, and how to channel this anxiety towards asking for help well, rather than not at all.| Neel Nanda
There are many ways your life could be better, many mistakes that feel obvious when pointed out, but which you do nothing about by default. My favourite tool for resolving this is having a routine to regularly review my life - here I make the case for that, and outline how to do it well| Neel Nanda
An experimental post, where I try to dig into the parts of life that most spark fulfilment and joy for me, finding examples, ways of maximising for this, and trying to analyse way. Warning: Far more narcissistic and introspective than a normal post!| Neel Nanda