<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Turning down a small stage for an imagined large... > Turning down a small stage for an imagined large one can preserve focus or become vanity. The test is whether the decision develops the capacity required for the larger responsibility and whether useful service is being unnecessarily postponed. **Source:** [[livestreams/Patience, Trajectory, and the Long Arc of Progress - Workbook|Patience, Trajectory, and the Long Arc of Progress]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Turning down a small stage for an imagined large one can preserve focus or become vanity. The test is whether the decision develops the capacity required for the larger responsibility and whether useful service is being unnecessarily postponed.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-turning-down-small-being-unnecessarily-postponed ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->