<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A borrowed objective can keep a person busy... > A borrowed objective can keep a person busy without helping that person become. The discipline is to distinguish obligations that sustain life, ambitions that genuinely belong to us, and activity performed mainly because a surrounding culture has made it look compulsory. **Source:** [[livestreams/Protecting Time for Learning, Skill, and Purpose - Workbook|Protecting Time for Learning, Skill, and Purpose]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A borrowed objective can keep a person busy without helping that person become. The discipline is to distinguish obligations that sustain life, ambitions that genuinely belong to us, and activity performed mainly because a surrounding culture has made it look compulsory.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-borrowed-objective-keep-made-look-compulsory ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->