<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Relative life experience is a legitimate form of... > Relative life experience is a legitimate form of expertise. A person does not have to be the most famous authority in the world to possess the exact story, skill, or hard-won pattern another person needs. The shortest distance between a question and a useful answer is often another ordinary person who has already crossed that ground. **Source:** [[livestreams/Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity - Workbook|Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Relative life experience is a legitimate form of expertise. A person does not have to be the most famous authority in the world to possess the exact story, skill, or hard-won pattern another person needs. The shortest distance between a question and a useful answer is often another ordinary person who has already crossed that ground.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-relative-life-experience-already-crossed-ground ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->