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Daring Greatly

Brené Brown

Daring Greatly

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Daring Greatly is a book that undoes all our preconceived notions about vulnerability, offering us practical strategies to use as an antidote to the feeling of shame, that poisonous sensation that eats away at us, preventing us from expressing our true potential and from living a truly authentic life. In fact, Brené Brown has dedicated her entire career to studying feelings such as shame and vulnerability, and uses her research to help us understand where shame comes from, and how to recognise the most common defense mechanisms to avoid vulnerability. She also provides tips on how to embrace this feeling and use it not only to live with courage and authenticity, but also to make others aware of it in those various life contexts in which we spend most of our time, such as work, home and school, to ensure that shame is no longer exploited within these social dynamics. Daring greatly and owning our vulnerability enables us to enjoy authentic relationships, even to the point of creating the same positive changes in the lives of those around us.

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Analysis and key concepts

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The biggest obstacle to you expressing your true potential

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The culture of “not being good enough”

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Vulnerability: what is it and why is it so important that we embrace it?

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How to free ourselves from shame by developing resilience

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Stop hiding your vulnerability by recognising a pattern of avoidance

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Raising awareness in the world around us to improve the working environment

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The importance of setting an example in your family about “being enough”

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Quotes

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Take-home message

01. The biggest obstacle to you expressing your true potential

We have all felt the sting of shame at least once in our lives, and for many of us that shame is triggered the moment we worry about being judged by other people. To understand how shame works, we need to look at the basic needs of human beings, which are connection, love and belonging.

As social creatures, we seek company and the presence of others; we like to feel that we belong to specific groups. So, the moment we feel the fear of not being worthy of love, consideration and attention, shame kicks in as a defence mechanism to ensure our survival.

However, shame is clearly very harmful, to each and every one of us. It stops us enjoying a life worth living. Shame removes our right to be daring, to show who we are, and to be authentic. It relegates us to the side-lines of our lives to be mere spectators, when without it we would each be the stars of our own show.

In her research, Brené Brown was able to demonstrate that shame is of no help in improving the faith we have in ourselves or our self-esteem, and that it actually leads to negative behaviour and toxic dynamics which in turn can only impact more negatively, both on us personally and on society as a whole.

02. The culture of “not being good enough”

03. Vulnerability: what is it and why is it so important that we embrace it?

04. How to free ourselves from shame by developing resilience

05. Stop hiding your vulnerability by recognising a pattern of avoidance

06. Raising awareness in the world around us to improve the working environment

07. The importance of setting an example in your family about “being enough”

08. Quotes

09. Take-home message

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Many useful tips to:

  • Understand that vulnerability is not a weakness, but your source of courage.
  • Build resilience to shame by understanding it and learning to call it by its name.
  • Spread awareness about vulnerability at work, at school and at home, to combat shame and develop creativity, involvement and healthy relationships in these environments.

Brené Brown is a professor and researcher at the University of Houston who has devoted the last ten years of her career to the study of courage, vulnerability, shame and empathy. She is also the author of five New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness and Dare to Lead. Her TED talk on the power of vulnerability went viral and became one of the most viewed video-talks in the world.

Publishing house:

Avery Pub Group

Year:

2015

Pages:

320

ISBN:

978-1592408412