Today's Notes From Brene Brown

To not have the conversation because it makes you uncomfortable is the definition of privilege. We have to be able to choose courage over comfort. There is no courage without vulnerability.

Vulnerability = uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. We can’t engineer the discomfort out of vulnerability.

Cultures where perfectionism and armor are rewarded, even necessary, don’t allow for the tough, vulnerable conversations.

It’s so much easier to cause pain than to feel pain. Feel all your feels lest you download your shit out on other people.

Trust doesn’t come before vulnerability! It’s a stacking over time of vulnerability and trust. Your story is a privilege to hear. You share it with people who earn the right to hear it, who deserve to hear it. Vulnerability without boundaries is not vulnerability.

Vulnerability is disclosure. You don’t measure it by the amount of disclosure. You measure it by the amount of courage to show up and be seen when you can’t measure the outcome.

We can’t go it alone. We’re neurobiologically hardwired for connection with other people. 

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