<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Constructing genius through awareness and... > Constructing genius through awareness and self-command means learning to observe where attention, emotion, assumption, and energy are going before they become automatic conduct. Intelligence becomes more useful when a person can direct capacity instead of merely possessing it. Genius begins when the creator gets a hand on the fire hose. **Source:** [[livestreams/Constructing Genius Through Awareness and Self-Command - Workbook|Constructing Genius Through Awareness and Self-Command]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Constructing genius through awareness and self-command means learning to observe where attention, emotion, assumption, and energy are going before they become automatic conduct. Intelligence becomes more useful when a person can direct capacity instead of merely possessing it. Genius begins when the creator gets a hand on the fire hose.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-constructing-genius-awareness-hand-fire-hose ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->