# Honesty About Your Role Restores Leverage by Bryant McGill > “Honesty about one's own role restores leverage. Asking how one contributes to recurring conflict, consciously or not, shifts attention from blame to the parts of the pattern a person can actually change. Admitting partial responsibility is a powerful act.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground, Part 1 - Livestream (Feb 2016)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground, Part 1 - Livestream|Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground, Part 1 - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the dated developed livestream document (2016-02-01). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Human Proxy-Based Reinforcement (DeepRL) in Human Environments|Human Proxy-Based Reinforcement in Human Environments]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground, Part 1 - Livestream|Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground, Part 1 - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Accountability|Accountability]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Honesty about one's own role restores leverage. Asking how one contributes to recurring conflict, consciously or not, shifts attention from blame to the parts of the pattern a person can actually change. Admitting partial responsibility is a powerful act.” — Bryant McGill, Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground, Part 1 - Livestream (Feb 2016) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-honesty-restores-leverage ```