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George Mack
Personal blog · highagency.comcareerproductivity
George Mack writes High Agency, a personal blog at highagency.com about career and productivity. Since 2025, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “High Agency”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link George Mack's posts on taking action and getting things done. One commenter called this piece a useful methodology that nudges readers to act, and said it deserved its top HN placement.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
High agency might be the most important idea of the 21st century. This essay is what I wish I read at 18, rather than writing at 30. Join me in the high agency rabbit hole.
Most-linked posts?
- High Agency10 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2025-03-24
- High Agency in 30 Minutes3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-03-31
What Hacker News says?
This is a useful methodology and article nudges the reader towards doing things and "taking action". I am sure it will appeal to a huge number of people and indeed, rightly it has climbed to the top of HN, else I would have completely missed it. I have found these articles on the exact same topic to be creating more actionable mindset. 1. The cult of done by No Boilderplate: https://youtu.be/bJQj1uKtnus?si=efV5OTF35…
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on “Doing the thing is doing the thing”Submitted High Agency in 30 Minutes as a story · 4 points
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HN discussionSubmitted High Agency in 30 Minutes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted High Agency in 30 Minutes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted High Agency as a story · 1 points
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