# Influence Without Selling Out Aligns Means and Ends by Bryant McGill > “Influence without selling out is the alignment of means and ends: understand the system, master the craft, earn attention, preserve the mission, and use success to strengthen others. A person who plays the game without becoming the game can actually change it. Effectiveness and integrity become one practice.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Building Influence Without Selling Out - Livestream (Mar 2016)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Building Influence Without Selling Out - Livestream|Building Influence Without Selling Out - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the developed livestream document. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A Systems-Diagnostic Framework for Planetary-Scale Computation|A Systems-Diagnostic Framework for Planetary-Scale Computation]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Building Influence Without Selling Out - Livestream|Building Influence Without Selling Out - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Influence Architecture|Influence Architecture]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Influence without selling out is the alignment of means and ends: understand the system, master the craft, earn attention, preserve the mission, and use success to strengthen others. A person who plays the game without becoming the game can actually change it. Effectiveness and integrity become one practice.” — Bryant McGill, Building Influence Without Selling Out - Livestream (Mar 2016) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-influence-aligns-means-and-ends ```