Thiel’s diagnosis of "indefinite optimism" in startups also applies at the personal, life-planning level, and I’ve found it to be a really useful, if scary, tool for that. What are the pleasant future daydreams that you passively hope for?
It's popular to describe high agency as "Main Character Energy," referring to the fact that the main character in a story is the person who does interesting things and has unusual experiences. The modern world includes so many opportunities to do interesting things, but also presents us with more tempting lifestyle scripts that keep us stagnant.
Generalist strengths: Here I list the broad categories of strengths and advantages that generalists are likely to enjoy in life. This is based on what I read in Range, some survey data from GeneralistWorld, and my personal experience.