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Courage is like – it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

Brene Brown

You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.
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Behaviour Change People Shame
Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.
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Imperfection Reminder Togetherness
Courage is like – it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.
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Courage Habit Inspirational Learning Swimming Virtue
When we screw up or fall down, many of us talk to ourselves in ways that we would never talk to someone we love and respect.
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Fall Love Ourselves Respect Screw Talk
Courage is listening, learning, unlearning, knowing when to lead, and knowing when to let others lead.⁣
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Courage Lead Learning Listen
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.
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Choose Courage Easy Fast Integrity Practice Right Value
Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.
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Connection Experience Inspirational Risk Stay Vulnerable Want
Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, 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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Connection Cultivate Existence Giving Growth Love Nuture Ourselves People Self Love
Shame is a tool of oppression and dehumanization. I don’t believe shame will ever be an effective social just tool. ⁣
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Believe Effective Oppression Shame Social Tool
Courage is listening, learning, unlearning, knowing when to lead, and knowing when to let others lead.⁣
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Courage Lead Learning Listen
Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.
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Defeat Engagement Necessary Understand Victory Vulnerable
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.
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Comfortable Courage Feeling Truth Vulnerable Weakness
Don’t try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.
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Hater Revenge Try Win
The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button.
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Button Call Quick Universe Wake Up
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.
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Cultivate Extraordinary Fear Feeling Ordinary Purpose Shame Vulnerable
Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.
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Addiction Belief Blame Destruction Judgement Look Perfection Shame System Vulnerable

Courage is like – it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

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Courage is like – it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

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