“Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.”

Courageous leadership is a practice.

Anxiety is one of the most contagious emotions – that’s why it always takes down groups of people, not just individuals.⁣⁣

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.

When we free ourselves, we automatically free everyone around us. ⁣

Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.

Fear and anxiety can drive us to become very self-focused.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.

Daring Leaders are never silent about hard things.

We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.

he broken hearted are the bravest among us. They had the courage to love.

The purest form of joy comes to us in ordinary moments, and those moments can happen any place where gratitude is alive. ⁣

Never take yourself too seriously. Laugh, learn, keep it real.

We must be committed to getting back up and beginning again the exact same number of times that we fall, trip, or get pushed down.⁣

Connect. It’s all about collective connection. Look into their eyes.

Even in our deepest struggles, love, faith and beauty find a way. ⁣

In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

The camembert with its venison scent defeats the Marolles and Limbourg dull smells; It spreads its exhalation, smothering the other scents under its surprising breath abundance.

The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.