<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A person does not become powerful by collecting... > A person does not become powerful by collecting impressive associations. Power becomes durable when access is converted into learning, learning into competence, and competence into contribution that remains after the room has changed. **Source:** [[livestreams/Awareness, Language, and the Practice of Personal Power - Workbook|Awareness, Language, and the Practice of Personal Power]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A person does not become powerful by collecting impressive associations. Power becomes durable when access is converted into learning, learning into competence, and competence into contribution that remains after the room has changed.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-person-become-powerful-after-room-changed ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->