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“Again, there’s no question that feedback may be one of the most difficult arenas to negotiate in our lives. We should remember, though, that victory is not getting good feedback, avoiding giving difficult feedback, or avoiding the need for feedback. Instead it’s taking off the armor, showing up, and engaging.” (Daring Greatly Quotes)
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“And often the result of daring greatly isn’t a victory march as much as it is a quiet sense of freedom mixed with a little battle fatigue.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Connection is why we’re here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it’s what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“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.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“He gave her his heart. She took it and placed it quietly in the pocket of her gown. No one observed what she did.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred. Perhaps embracing vulnerability and overcoming numbing is ultimately about the care and feeding of our spirits.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“I only share when I have no unmet needs that I’m trying to fill. I firmly believe that being vulnerable with a larger audience is only a good idea if the healing is tied to the sharing, not to the expectations I might have for the response I get.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Living a connected life ultimately is about setting boundaries, spending less time and energy hustling and winning over people who don’t matter, and seeing the value of working on cultivating connection with family and close friends.” (Daring Greatly Quotes)
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Numb the dark and you numb the light.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Only when we’re brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Shame resilience is the ability to say, “This hurts. This is disappointing, maybe even devastating. But success and recognition and approval are not the values that drive me. My value is courage and I was just courageous. You can move on, shame.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Spiritual connection and engagement is not built on compliance, it’s the product of love, belonging, and vulnerability.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“The imperfect book that gets published is better than the perfect book that never leaves my computer.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“The power of owning our stories, even the difficult ones, is that we get to write the ending.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“We’re all grateful for people who write and speak in ways that help us remember that we’re not alone.” (Daring Greatly Quotes)
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur to me.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“What we know matters but who we are matters more.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“When we pretend that we can avoid vulnerability we engage in behaviors that are often inconsistent with whom we want to be.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“When we’re anxious, disconnected, vulnerable, alone, and feeling helpless, the booze and food and work and endless hours online feel like comfort, but in reality they’re only casting their long shadows over our lives.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
“Worrying about scarcity is our culture’s version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we’ve been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we’re angry and scared and at each other’s throats.”
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
