Cate Hall

3 notes in the collection. Writes at usefulfictions.substack.com (opens in a new tab)

First saved 50 things I know on September 26, 2026.

How to be more agentic(favorite) Oct 5 8 min
Hall treats agency as a learnable skill and shares the edges that built hers: court rejection, seek anonymous feedback, take random meetings, cross the moat of low status, and avoid burnout.
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50 things I know Sep 26 8 min
Hall's 50 hard-won lessons on love, judgment, and agency, from caring about people who don't care back to doing the tasks you most want to avoid first and knowing when to quit.
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Learn to love the Moat of Low Status Sep 26 7 min
Hall argues that fear of looking bad while learning keeps people from richer lives, and that the only way across is to accept the embarrassment and do it anyway, as she did playing poker on television.
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