Brene Brown
Brene Brown
Brené Brownis an American scholar, author, and public speaker, who is currently a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Over the last twelve years she has been involved in research on a range of topics, including vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. She is the author of two #1 New York Times Bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfectionand Daring Greatly. She and her work have been featured on PBS, NPR, TED, and CNN...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth18 November 1965
CountryUnited States of America
We cannot give our children what we don’t have.
What makes something better is connection.
At the end of my life I want to be able to say I contributed more than I criticized.
If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a place of worthiness, we have to talk about the things that get in the way- especially shame, fear and vulnerability
I’m not very creative” doesn’t work. There’s no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There are only people who use their creativity and people who don’t. Unused creativity doesn’t just disappear. It lives within us until it’s expressed, neglected to death, or suffocated by resentment and fear.
There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness.
I'm just so grateful, because to feel this vulnerable means I'm alive.
Vulnerability is not weakness.
Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.
If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.
I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED.
That's what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.
The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.
Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart