<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The path from private insight to public usefulness... > The path from private insight to public usefulness passes through an artifact. Writing the paragraph, recording the lesson, designing the diagram, or demonstrating the method gives an idea enough form to be examined, remembered, and improved. Until thought acquires form, neither the thinker nor the audience can fully test what it contains. **Source:** [[livestreams/Building Thought Leadership Through Documented Practice - Workbook|Building Thought Leadership Through Documented Practice]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The path from private insight to public usefulness passes through an artifact. Writing the paragraph, recording the lesson, designing the diagram, or demonstrating the method gives an idea enough form to be examined, remembered, and improved. Until thought acquires form, neither the thinker nor the audience can fully test what it contains.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-path-private-insight-fully-test-contains ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->