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The Price of Risk

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Welcome to Brain Food, a weekly newsletter full of timeless ideas and insights you can use in life and work. (Read the archives). Not subscribed? Learn more and sign up. If I were a doctor, I’d prescribe books. They can be just as powerful as drugs. When you stop treating your current opportunity as a stepping stone to something else and start treating it as the only one that matters, opportunity finds you. Does the world happen to you, or do you happen to the world? Most people wait for permission to solve problems. The subtle message they send is “I don’t care enough to solve this on my own. Tell me what to do.” The world happens to them. High agency people are different. They care. And because they care, they solve problems without being told. They happen to the world. High agency people act like owners. Owners see a problem and fix it. They don’t wait. They don’t need permission. They don’t think this is someone else’s job. They don’t think this is hard. They don’t think “I can’t d

The Price of Risk No. 653 – November 2, 2025 Welcome to Brain Food, a weekly newsletter full of timeless ideas and insights you can use in life and work. ( Read the archives ). Not subscribed? Learn more and sign up . Tiny Thoughts If I were a doctor, I’d prescribe books. They can be just as powerful as drugs. When you stop treating your current opportunity as a stepping stone to something else and start treating it as the only one that matters, opportunity finds you. Does the world happen to you, or do you happen to the world? Most people wait for permission to solve problems. The

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