# High Agency is the Game (and Most People Aren't Playing)

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Podcast: [Finding Peak with Ryan Hanley](https://stenobird.com/podcast/finding-peak-with-ryan-hanley-1081139)
Published: 2026-05-21T19:22:30+00:00
Episode link: https://ryanhanley.com/podcast
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I was 17 years old. Kitchen table my mom bought at a garage sale. I hand-wrote 17 letters to college baseball coaches with a message no teenager should have the nerve to send: my family is broke, whoever gives me the most money, that's where I'm going.

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