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Brené Brown
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 18
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A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.
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We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.
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Creativity, which is the expression of our originality, helps us stay mindful that what we bring to the world is completely original and cannot be compared.
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One of the most painfully inauthentic ways we show up in our lives sometimes is saying yes when we mean no, and saying no when we mean hell yes.
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Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.
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If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.
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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.
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Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be.
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Knowledge is important, but only if we're being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are.
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I think a lot of us are looking for the same thing. I feel very lucky to have a definitive moment where I know everything shifted in me, and it was the moment I read that quote. Because I thought, A. That's everything I know about vulnerability. It's not winning, it's not losing, it's showing up and being seen. B. That's who I want to be.
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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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The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button.
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Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.
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Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy.
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Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.
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Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.
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If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our reservoir with what we need when. . . . hard things happen.
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What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.
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But I don't think it's as dangerous, scary, or terrifying as getting to the end of our lives and wondering, what if I would have shown up?
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Perfection is crucial in building an aircraft, a bridge, or a high-speed train. The code and mathematics residing just below the surface of the Internet is also this way. Things are either perfectly right or they will not work. So much of the world we work and live in is based upon being correct, being perfect.
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