<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Established people often continue networking... > Established people often continue networking upward because incentives reward access to larger audiences, stronger institutions, and scarcer resources. That behavior explains why emerging creators cannot build a strategy around being discovered. A durable community creates its own channels of recognition. **Source:** [[livestreams/Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity - Workbook|Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Established people often continue networking upward because incentives reward access to larger audiences, stronger institutions, and scarcer resources. That behavior explains why emerging creators cannot build a strategy around being discovered. A durable community creates its own channels of recognition.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-established-people-often-own-channels-recognition ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->