<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Leaving and leaping are different skills. A... > Leaving and leaping are different skills. A dramatic exit can be necessary, but many people gain more freedom by constructing a runway—reducing obligations, testing a service, learning at night, building savings, gathering allies, and allowing evidence to replace fantasy before the old structure is released. Preparation does not weaken courage; it gives courage somewhere viable to land. **Source:** [[livestreams/Love, Work, and the Courage to Leave False Security - Workbook|Love, Work, and the Courage to Leave False Security]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Leaving and leaping are different skills. A dramatic exit can be necessary, but many people gain more freedom by constructing a runway—reducing obligations, testing a service, learning at night, building savings, gathering allies, and allowing evidence to replace fantasy before the old structure is released. Preparation does not weaken courage; it gives courage somewhere viable to land.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-leaving-leaping-different-somewhere-viable-land ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->