New Thing- Start reading Daring Greatly
Inspiration: Doctoral Work
Time: About an half hour
Bottom Line: Dare Greatly!
Reflection: I decided to start reading Brene Brown's latest book, Daring Greatly. Here is her description of the book from her web-page:
Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in. Vulnerability
is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure we
face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of
engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose. When
we spend our lives waiting until we’re perfect or bulletproof before we
walk into the arena we ultimately sacrifice relationships and
opportunities that may not be recoverable, we squander our precious
time, and we turn our backs on our gifts, those unique contributions
that only we can make. Perfect and bulletproof are
seductive, but they don’t exist in the human experience. We must walk
into the arena, whatever it may be – a new relationship, an important
meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation – with
courage and the willingness to engage. Rather than sitting on the
sidelines and hurling judgment and advice, we must dare to show up and let ourselves be seen. This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly.
I decided to read this book after seeing Brene give a TED talk (below). Her work in shame and vulnerability lead me to this book and I think that that it will be a very interesting piece for the reconciliation thesis. Her thesis is that being vulnerable leads to transformation and that sounds like Reconciliation to me!
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