Health Care Blog December 19, 2025
Agency — the conviction I can shape my future — is a vital driver of human health and human potential.
It is also the factor overlooked by most digital health platforms.
University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman, who has spent decades studying this, says agency boils down to the belief “I can make a positive difference in the world.” People with high agency believe there is something they can do next that might help – and then they actually try.
As Seligman emphasizes, the moments when we “try hard…persist against the odds…[and] make new, creative departures” are precisely when agency is at work. That extra effort and sustained determination — not just the mindset — shows up as improved performance,...
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