Changing Minds with Owen Fitzpatrick How To Build a High Agency Mindset
Nov 24, 2025
Discover the transformative power of the agency mindset, a tool for reclaiming control in a chaotic world. Explore insights from Stoicism, Buddhism, and modern psychology on focusing your attention. Learn how to distinguish between what you can control and what you must accept. Owen shares practical techniques, including a three-bucket method, to help you navigate challenges and build trust in your future. Ultimately, this journey empowers you to shift from feeling like a victim to becoming the hero of your own story.
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Agency Mindset Focuses Attention
- The agency mindset directs attention to what we can control, influence, or must accept instead of ruminating on powerless concerns.
- Owen Fitzpatrick ties this stance to ancient and modern thought to show its enduring power.
Ancient Wisdom On Control And Acceptance
- Stoicism and Buddhism both taught that peace comes from distinguishing control versus acceptance and detachment from outcomes.
- Fitzpatrick uses these traditions to explain why focusing on controllables reduces stress in a media-saturated world.
Audit Your Locus Of Control
- Do audit your locus of control to see whether you habitually blame external forces or yourself and rebalance it toward effective agency.
- Try Stephen Covey's circle of influence exercise to spend energy on things you can actually change.
