Cate Hall

Mar 8, 2024 | every.to | Gareth Edwards |Evan Armstrong |Cate Hall |Rhea Purohit

Happy Sunday! If you feel like watching millionaires preen over their own brilliance, feel free to head over to tech Twitter. If you feel like watching sexy millionaires preen over their own brilliance, enjoy the Oscars tonight at 7 p.m. ET. If you want to read something insightful written by completely average-looking folks, here are our stories and the news from the week.

Mar 7, 2024 | every.to | Cate Hall

To succeed as a startup founder is, in many ways, to be a high agency person—someone who finds a way to get what they want done, who bends reality to their will, no matter the circumstances. Cate Hall is a former professional poker player, lawyer, and medical startup cofounder (among other accomplishments) who was able to do all of these things because of her own high agency. The good news: She believes that anyone can learn how to exert more control over their lives.

Jan 13, 2024 | usefulfictions.substack.com | Cate Hall

I often hear agency talked about as if it’s an inherent trait: Either someone has it or they don’t -- in which case, too bad, they’re doomed to a life in the minor leagues. This hasn’t been my experience.