<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The strongest self does not emerge through... > The strongest self does not emerge through isolation from other people. It develops through contact, contrast, correction, affection, resistance, and enough inward authority to decide which social signals contain wisdom and which merely enforce familiarity. **Source:** [[livestreams/Identity Beyond Confidence and Social Agreement — Part 2 - Workbook|Identity Beyond Confidence and Social Agreement — Part 2]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The strongest self does not emerge through isolation from other people. It develops through contact, contrast, correction, affection, resistance, and enough inward authority to decide which social signals contain wisdom and which merely enforce familiarity.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-strongest-self-emerge-merely-enforce-familiarity ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->