<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.... > The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Individual components of a computer do little on their own but together create something capable, and the scattered efforts of a life, the skills, the projects, the good work done for others, become powerful only when they are gathered into a single place where they can add up. Something emerges from the gathered whole that none of the separate pieces could produce, which is why organizing your efforts can matter as much as making them. **Source:** [[livestreams/Baby Steps, Self-Worth, and the Long Horizon — Monday Motivation Part 1 - Workbook|Baby Steps, Self-Worth, and the Long Horizon — Monday Motivation Part 1]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Individual components of a computer do little on their own but together create something capable, and the scattered efforts of a life, the skills, the projects, the good work done for others, become powerful only when they are gathered into a single place where they can add up. Something emerges from the gathered whole that none of the separate pieces could produce, which is why organizing your efforts can matter as much as making them.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-whole-greater-sum-matter-much-making ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->