
You bend and stretch and grow, but you commit to not No one belongs here more than you.”įeet is what you do. Our call toĬourage is to protect our wild heart against constant evaluation, especially The truth about who we are lives in our hearts. True belonging and self-worth are not goods we don’t negotiate their value You will always find it because you’ve made that your goal. Stop scouring people’s faces for evidence that Looking for confirmation that you don’t belong. You belong no place-you belong every place-no place at all.
“Being ourselves means sometimes having to find the courage to stand alone, totally alone.”. “Being ourselves means sometimes having to find the courage to stand alone, totally alone.” A leader should be bold,īrave, and daring, but he must also be open, vulnerable, and sensitive in orderĪt some quotes from the book “Braving the Wilderness.” Here, Brown talks aboutīeing courageous in the most daring way possible-by being alone. Just not about the title, the status, or the power. They need to share their power with everyone so that authority and accountability may be properly aligned. Leaders must stay curious and vulnerable while they direct and lead their followers. Proficiency-it always requires feedback.”īrown says that when we dare to lead, it is okay to ask questions-the right questions. Trying to master-and whether we’re trying to develop greatness or We have toĭo this for a simple reason: Mastery requires feedback. Who we are is how we lead.”įeedback-regardless of how it’s delivered-and apply it productively. Vulnerability’s sake is not effective, useful, or smart.” People can be themselves and feel a sense of belonging.”Īn explanation of vulnerability that doesn’t include setting boundaries orīeing clear on intentions, proceed with caution. Weapons, show up, and let ourselves be seen.” “We fail the minute we let someone elseīe-we must again be vulnerable. “The courage to be vulnerable is not about winning or losing, it’s about the courage to show up when you can’t predict or control the outcome.”. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly who errs, who comes short again and again…who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” “It is not the critic who counts not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
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