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Brené Brown
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 18
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Nostalgia is also a dangerous form of comparison. Think about how often we compare our lives to a memory that nostalgia has so completely edited that it never really existed.
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Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.
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Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.
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Love is a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them - we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.
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Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for.
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I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity, to name a few.
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Courage - To tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.
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Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.
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Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.
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It's about showing up. And sometimes I don't do it. I almost always regret it, but sometimes I don't do it. Sometimes I walk into a situation where I'm intimidated and I want to be liked and I want to fit in, and I don't choose authenticity. And it's always pretty miserable.
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Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's not celebrity-style social media information dumps. Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them.
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Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status symbol - that all describes my life. It was more like a medical researcher studying a disease and figuring out he or she has it.
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Vulnerability is the cornerstone of confidence.
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I can't even think of the right word, but it's not help. It's more like a prerequisite. I think connection is why we're here, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and belonging is in our DNA. And so tribe and belonging are irreducible needs, like love.
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It's in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced and photoshopped world very dangerous.
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Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: What will they think?
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Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.
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The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button.
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Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is our flawed selves, alone and struggling.(page 68)
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If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!
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