<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Ask whether your wants are truly your own. Trends... > Ask whether your wants are truly your own. Trends in lifestyle, consumption, and even minimalism spread through culture and marketing, and it is worth asking whether you want something because it suits you or because you have been persuaded to want it. **Source:** [[livestreams/Cultural Conditioning and the Work of Self-Determination - Workbook|Cultural Conditioning and the Work of Self-Determination]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Ask whether your wants are truly your own. Trends in lifestyle, consumption, and even minimalism spread through culture and marketing, and it is worth asking whether you want something because it suits you or because you have been persuaded to want it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-ask-whether-wants-suits-persuaded-want ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->