The biggest misconception I've seen around high agency is the assumption it's about becoming James Bond. That's a low agency trap in disguise. The point of high agency is to design your own movie -- regardless of how boring or exciting other people think it is. If you're outsourcing your sense of self to what other people deem as high agency, that's low agency. One of the ideas I left out of my essay was the story of Low agency James Bond: Bond comes home in his Aston Martin after another day of spying and seduction. He stares at a photo of his daughter. Tears run down his face. He hasn't seen her in weeks. Bond fantasizes about an alternative universe where he gives up his spy life and gets to see her grow up. But he's too addicted to the prestige and adrenaline of his job. To walk away would mean giving back the company Aston Martin and facing the quiet judgment of his old schoolmates from Fettes College. He can't quit. Another night drinking whiskey before bed to mask the pain. In this scenario, Mr. Bond is low agency. He was incredible at solving problems -- except the problem he wanted to solve. High agency without being intentional about what you're doing is just low agency in disguise. If you remove intentionalism, you're just a burnt-out busybody. Don't confuse "you can just do things" with "just do things". Picking what problem you want to solve is also a problem to solve. If your agency is outsourced to other people, it's not agency.