Vulnerability, the measure of courage
Brené Brown overturns a widespread belief: vulnerability is not weakness. After more than a decade of research on shame and belonging, she concludes that vulnerability is our most accurate measure of courage. Saying "I love you" first, defending an unpopular idea, launching a project with no guarantee of success: all acts of bravery.
The title, Daring Greatly, comes from the speech Theodore Roosevelt gave at the Sorbonne in 1910: the credit belongs to the one who steps into the arena, face covered in dust and sweat, not to the critic sitting in the stands.
Ask yourself: what conversation, what project, what admission am I avoiding for fear of being judged? That is where your arena lies.
The title, Daring Greatly, comes from the speech Theodore Roosevelt gave at the Sorbonne in 1910: the credit belongs to the one who steps into the arena, face covered in dust and sweat, not to the critic sitting in the stands.
Ask yourself: what conversation, what project, what admission am I avoiding for fear of being judged? That is where your arena lies.
Daring to enter the arena despite the risk of failure is not a weakness: it is the very definition of courage.
