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.
BRENE BROWNCourage is contagious.
More Brene Brown Quotes
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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.
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Vulnerability is not a victory march, it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
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The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.
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Daring Leaders are never silent about hard things.
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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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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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Anxiety is one of the most contagious emotions – that’s why it always takes down groups of people, not just individuals.
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Being held accountable for racism and feeling shame is not the same thing as being shamed.
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Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
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The systen is not broken. It was built this way.
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Our ability to live a life of love and meaning, to make the world a braver and kinder place.
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Be you and serve up some belonging wherever you are.
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We either stay sick together or we get well together.
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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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What is true and beautiful for us is always ultimately what is true and beautiful for our people because there is no such thing as one way liberation.
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