<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Self-help fails when it trains people to remain... > Self-help fails when it trains people to remain customers of encouragement. A liberating system transfers capability until the person who came for guidance can generate judgment, action, meaning, and support without waiting for another authority to arrive. The measure of teaching is the agency it leaves behind. **Source:** [[livestreams/Community, Agency, and the End of Passive Self-Help - Workbook|Community, Agency, and the End of Passive Self-Help]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Self-help fails when it trains people to remain customers of encouragement. A liberating system transfers capability until the person who came for guidance can generate judgment, action, meaning, and support without waiting for another authority to arrive. The measure of teaching is the agency it leaves behind.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-self-help-fails-agency-leaves-behind ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->