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The six components of high agency
- Intentionality assumes that humans are making conscious choices to improve their lives.
- Power means that a person has the resources, capabilities, and knowledge to act on their goals.
- Rationality: We can understand the circumstances of their situations and keep track of the outcomes of their actions.
- Forethought: our ability to choose the right actions to achieve their goals and anticipate the outcomes of their actions.
- Self-regulation: our capacity to monitor their emotions, behaviors, and motivations as they act upon their goals.
- Self-efficacy: a person’s belief in their ability to succeed.
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Personal agency
Personal agency, or self-agency, describes the experiences we have when we set goals for ourselves and take action to achieve them.
- People with high agency feel a sense of control over their lives, and they can make decisions about what they want or ne...
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From low agency to high agency
- Examine your beliefs. Would you describe yourself as someone with high agency, low agency, or somewhere in between?
- Practice intentionality. Setting a small intention at the beginning of each week can help you get in the habit of purposive thinking a...
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Low self-agency
Low self-agency is not a moral failing; there are many social, economic, and cultural reasons people may feel that they have little control over their lives.
You have probably come across people with low self-agency in your everyday life. Perhaps you know a coworker who constantly ...
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The 5 components of EI
- Self-Awareness: understanding of one’s emotions.
- Self-Regulation: it frees us from being prisoners of our feelings.
- Motivation: having an intrinsic desire to achieve things.
- Empathy: the ability to understand emotions of other people.
The Benefits of Fandom and Character Connection
- Amplified emotional investment on certain characters thus enhancing our ability to drill personal meaning from the narrative;
- The ability to express love and affection strengthens our willpower -- which also enhances self-efficacy and self-esteem;
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Learning self-control
Monitoring one's goal-setting progress increases our capacity to persevere with our long-term goals on our own. Self-control is the central part of the process of self-regulation and is essential for sustained motivation.
Our ability to suppress, restrain, and override a de...
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