The New High Agency Triangle

Tyler DoshierJun 18, 2026

George Mack’s popularization of the "High Agency Triangle" sparked a lot of great takes on what it means to push through reality. Most focus heavily on execution, but execution in a vacuum breaks down fast.

High agency isn't just about forcing outcomes -- it’s an equilibrium of three distinct capacities:

  1. Introspection (Thinking): Direction and clarity.
  2. Intuition (Feeling): Internal signal and conviction.
  3. Initiative (Doing): Execution and momentum.

Lose any single corner, and the system collapses into noise, overthinking, or missed signal. Here's my visual framework for keeping them balanced.


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