<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Reclaiming the self requires escaping rankings... > Reclaiming the self requires escaping rankings that measure only the portion of a person useful to one market, institution, or coalition. A low score inside one system may coexist with immense capacity inside another. The task is to discover where ability becomes valuable without allowing any scoreboard to define the whole life. **Source:** [[livestreams/The Human Being as Opportunity — Institutions, Human Capital, and Reclaiming the Self - Workbook|The Human Being as Opportunity — Institutions, Human Capital, and Reclaiming the Self]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Reclaiming the self requires escaping rankings that measure only the portion of a person useful to one market, institution, or coalition. A low score inside one system may coexist with immense capacity inside another. The task is to discover where ability becomes valuable without allowing any scoreboard to define the whole life.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-reclaiming-self-requires-define-whole-life ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->