<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Ask what you are cooperating with. Going along... > Ask what you are cooperating with. Going along with every social expectation can be submission rather than cooperation, and betraying yourself again and again breeds resentment. True cooperation is with your deepest values, not merely with outside pressure. **Source:** [[livestreams/Loneliness, Concentration, and the Practice of the Good Life - Workbook|Loneliness, Concentration, and the Practice of the Good Life]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Ask what you are cooperating with. Going along with every social expectation can be submission rather than cooperation, and betraying yourself again and again breeds resentment. True cooperation is with your deepest values, not merely with outside pressure.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-ask-cooperating-going-merely-outside-pressure ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->