Brene Brown Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Brene Brown
Brene Brown Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.
It's important to realize that, often, the person we can turn to regarding one issue is not the best person to talk to about other issues.
But for many of us, there is no form of self-expression that makes us feel more vulnerable than dancing. It is full body vulnerability".
Shield required that I stay small and quiet behind it so as not to draw attention to my imperfections and vulnerabilities. It was exhausting.
The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.
We can't opt out of the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure that's woven through our daily experiences. Life is vulnerable.
When we pretend that we can avoid vulnerability we engage in behaviors that are often inconsistent with who we want to be.
People who wade into discomfort and vulnerability and tell the truth about their stories are the real badasses.
Key Learning: Shame derives its power from being unspeakable. That's why it loves perfectionists - we're so easy to keep quiet. If
Hyper-communication can mean we spend more time on Facebook than we do face-to-face with the people we care about.
Cool is the emotional straightjacket. It makes us less available for connection which makes us less equipped for leadership roles.
I think we have to question the intentions of any group that insists on disdain toward other people as a membership requirement.
The gap starts here: We can't give people what we don't have. Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be.
Life-paralysis refers to all of the opportunities we miss because we're too afraid to put anything out in the world that could be imperfect.
We don't have to experience shame to be paralyzed by it - the fear of being perceived as unworthy is enough to force us to silence our stories.
A leader is anyone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes.
Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.'
Everyone wants to know why customer service has gone to hell in a handbasket. I want to know why customer behavior has gone to hell in a handbasket.
Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now, not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.
I'm never more courageous than when I'm embracing imperfection, embracing vulnerabilities, and setting boundaries with the people in my life.
First thing we need to understand about shame resilience is that the less we talk about shame, the more we have it.
We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.
Vulnerability is the absolute heartbeat of innovation and creativity. There can be zero innovation without vulnerability.
When you judge yourself for needing help, you judge those you are helping. When you attach value to giving help, you attach value to needing help.
Or when I loved so fiercely that rather than feeling gratitude and joy I could only prepare for loss - I
Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it.
Failure can become nourishment if we are willing to get curious, show up vulnerable and human, and put rising strong into practice. (P.214)
Choosing courage does not mean that we're unafraid, it means that we are brave enough to love despite the fear and uncertainty.
When I let go of trying to be everything to everyone, I had much more time, attention, love, and connection for the important people in my life.
As neuroscientist Antonio Damasio reminds us, humans are not either thinking machines or feeling machines, but rather feeling machines that think.
There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage.
There is no such thing as creative and non-creative people, only people who use their creativity and people who don't.
I don't trust a theologian who dismisses the beauty of science or a scientist who doesn't believe in the power of mystery.
I often refer to shame as the fear of disconnection
the fear of being perceived as flawed and unworthy of acceptance or belonging.
the fear of being perceived as flawed and unworthy of acceptance or belonging.
The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.
There is no question that engagement requires sacrifice, but that's what we signed up for when we decided to become parents.
If we're going to put ourselves out there and love with our whole hearts, we're going to experience heartbreak.
We're hardwired for connection. There's no arguing with the bioscience. But we can want it so badly we're trying to hot-wire it.
Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?
Brown argues that play is not an option. In fact he writes, The opposite of play is not work - the opposite of play is depression.
When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.
We're all so busy chasing the extraordinary that we forget to stop and be grateful for the ordinary.
Unfortunately, being low maintenance also meant not asking for what you needed and never inconveniencing anyone.