<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Competition can establish equilibrium when each... > Competition can establish equilibrium when each party can defend interests and still recognize mutual dependence. Exploitation grows where one side is trained to experience every act of self-protection as guilt. **Source:** [[livestreams/Self-Advocacy, Boundaries, and the Responsible Practice of Self-Interest - Workbook|Self-Advocacy, Boundaries, and the Responsible Practice of Self-Interest]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Competition can establish equilibrium when each party can defend interests and still recognize mutual dependence. Exploitation grows where one side is trained to experience every act of self-protection as guilt.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-competition-establish-equilibrium-self-protection-guilt ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->