pickGreat book to become not only a great leader but a great communicator, friend, and human being. Sometimes it is not as engaging with the reader, that‘s why I give it a 4âï¸, but a good read nonetheless.
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Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. | 
pickGreat book to become not only a great leader but a great communicator, friend, and human being. Sometimes it is not as engaging with the reader, that‘s why I give it a 4âï¸, but a good read nonetheless.
pickWell. This book took me years to lead but I got there in the end. I think it hit a little too close to home and I took a huge breather before I was ready to go back. Then I breezed through the last third and loved it 🤷ðŸ¼â€â™€ï¸ really thankful for the work Brene does in leadership spaces. âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸âï¸
pickThere is a lot packed in here, and so my first reaction is that I‘ll have to listen/read this again… she actually heavily references earlier books of hers, so maybe I‘ll just listen to those!
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Re-listening to the tagged book bc I have an interview for a promotion tomorrow. Trying not to freak out 😳 wish me luck!
pickAnother book read with a professional development book club. We actually read the book months ago, but I've been working my way through the ancillary materials. I always enjoy Brene Brown's books and find her work grounding.
People often ask me if I still get nervous when I speak in public.
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pickInteresting book and will be using concepts from it. She plugs quite a few concepts and research from other works she has published but great use of the research and case studies were interesting.
"We deserve real comfort."
I taught my children to armor up. How do you teach them as adults to lean in to vulnerability?
"...if you're going to dare greatly, you're going to get your ass kicked at some point. If you choose courage, you will absolutely know failure, disappointment, setback, even heartbreak. That's why we call it courage. That's why it's so rare."
pickThis is interesting. It talks about being a leader obvs but there's a lot on communication and listening to your team and having great, productive conversations. She's kind of a superstar in this arena.
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pickTerrific book. The author gives different ways using real world examples to show how to be more effective in leadership as well as your own personal life.
pickAnother book where the people who need to read it won't, and the people who do read it will have to face some hard decisions.
Ugh. It's good, but ugh. Do I need a reckoning with myself right now?!
panI couldn‘t connect or relate to this one. I kept trying to apply it to parenting, as a “leader†of children. And some of it could be, but this book definitely has a target audience and I‘m not it.
pickThis should be assigned reading for everyone that exists and works with other people. Wish I‘d had it in college before I‘d started working full time at a desk job, but this book applies to any organization and/or relationship. I love how Brene also works on reviews of all her other books in each new one she writes. My favorite take away from this book: assume everyone is always doing their best.
panI like and appreciate the ideas of vulnerability and wholeheartedness but there are a lot of jargon words that I couldn‘t see my colleagues using seriously. And in order to use the ideas fully from this book, everyone has to read it. It was also a little hard to follow all the lists listening on audiobook.
pickI love Brene Brown and while some of the ideas are repetitive from her other books, I find there is always something that I can learn and try to apply in my own life.
so-so🎧 She‘s a little too IDK emotional maybe ?? for me. About being vulnerable to acquire trust, sharing mistakes, being brave. I‘m a little too analytical and not enough drama queen to adhere to most of what she suggests but I do already follow some of her suggestions so that was a nice confirmation. She‘s like a mom giving you advice & she tells stories to explain. Not bad but not amazing either. Still looking. âï¸âï¸âï¸
pickAwesome read with great wisdom and relevant stories for you to connect with. It probably goes without saying, but this book has a ton of heart. Her ending quote is incredibly powerful and inspiring, if you weren‘t already called to action. Found a lot of her insights very applicable to both my personal and professional life. Brave leadership won‘t be easy, as is being vulnerable - but the treasure of a life well lived seems worth it.
Trying to be more empathetic and listening to others more
pickHaving read a lot of Brené brown before this book covers some familiar ground and tells stories she uses in other books, but applies it to leadership in thworkplace. Found the core values section and the section on thinking about the story you bring (is what you read into) someone‘s else statement to be insightful. Nitpick that got to me in the audio -The use of the word “rumble†for a tough conversation was irritating.
pickAlthough some stuff seems repetitive & from her past books, Brene Brown is always amazing.
This book is essential reading for management or any leaders, to be successful & have a happy team/company/employees etc.
pickMy latest birthday book haul!
I‘ve been on this search to find/read books that have changed peoples lives. Deep, meaningful books that when someone asks “What book have you read that changed your life?†you can definitely answer.
I‘ve read thousands of books. Really amazing ones. But I‘m sad that I have yet to find one that when someone asks me that question I can immediately answer.
If anyone has rec‘s please let me know! I‘m hungry!!
Happy Friday, Littens! 🥰
pickListened to this and really enjoyed it. I would consider buying it in print and reading it again next year.
Power with, power to, power within.
Section 3: Rather than protecting n hiding our heart behind bulletproof glass, wholeheartedness is about integration...... It‘s putting down the armor and bringing forth all of the scraggly, misshapen pieces of our history and folding in all of the different roles that, when falsely separated, keep us feeling exhausted and torn, to make a complex, messy, awesome, whole person.
In the past, jobs were about muscles, now they‘re about brains, but in the future they‘ll be about the heart.
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The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Quote by Madeleine L‘Engle :â€When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability.â€
And just because someone failed to see the value in what we can create or achieve doesn‘t change its worth or ours.
Just because we didn‘t measure up to some standard of achievement doesn‘t mean that we don‘t possess gifts and talents that only we can bring to the world.
No person is ordained to judge our divinity or to write the story of our spiritual worthiness.
Just because someone isn‘t willing or able to love us, it doesn‘t mean we are unloveable.
When light and dark are not integrated, overly sweet and accommodating can feel foreboding, as though under all that niceness is a ticking bomb.
We don‘t fully see people until we know their values.
A brave leader is someone who says I see you. I hear you. I don‘t have all the answers, but I‘m going to keep listening and asking questions.
A brave leader is not someone who is armed with all the answers. A brave leader is not someone who can facilitate a flawless discussion on hard topics.
To opt out of conversations about privilege and oppression because they make you uncomfortable is the epitome of privilege.
