<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Cutting off a negative influence can be useful... > Cutting off a negative influence can be useful during recovery, but isolation is not the final design. Protected attention should be reinvested in better relationships, better information, and work capable of generating a richer social environment. **Source:** [[livestreams/Protecting Attention for a More Deliberate Life - Workbook|Protecting Attention for a More Deliberate Life]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Cutting off a negative influence can be useful during recovery, but isolation is not the final design. Protected attention should be reinvested in better relationships, better information, and work capable of generating a richer social environment.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-cutting-off-negative-richer-social-environment ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->