Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

I'm so glad I Received the book in good condition which actually was a concern for me. DARING GREATLY by @brenebrown As mentioned on the book cover " DARING GREATLY How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead. The word Vulnerable increased my curiosity to read this book. Being someone who has been criticized for being vulnerable and sensitive since forever thought of reading this book to just feel understood by someone atleast. But this book is a treasure of knowledge and helps you understand much more than I thought. The author has put 12 years of research in this book. No amount of words can express how good this book is and surely a must read for each and everyone hence I would rather best let you all know the content of the book. What it means to dare greatly? Chapter 1- Scarcity : Looking inside our culture of "Never Enough" Chapter 2 - Debunking the Vulnerability myths Chapter 3 - Understanding and combating Shame ( personally found this so helpful ) Chapter 4 - The Vulnerability Armory Chapter 5 - Mind the Gap : Cultivating Change and Closing the Disengagement Divide Chapter 6 - Disruptive Engagement : Daring to Rehumanize Education and Work Chapter 7 - Wholehearted Parenting : Daring to be the Adults We Want Our Children to Be ( this is a must chapter for most of the parents/would be parents it can change the entire way of parenting and built such amazing relation between the parents and the child ) I would just keep ranting that this book is a must read for each and everyone of all age grp and from all walks of life. Whatever role you play ( I'm sure you're playing multiple roles all the time) be it student, parent, professional (could be any), boss, leader you name it, this book will really help you do better and even personally it will help you understand some of your traits come from where (childhood or adolescence) and how to process them and do better for yourself.

I would recommend this book to people who want to learn and improve their personality. This book shows how comfort zones can be dangerous and how life lived on the edge helps you to continuously re-invent yourself.

This book is awesome and great on subject but for Indian English it is not coming up very well. The author seems to think that the reader is very much aware about psychology but it is not so, according to my opinion the author must put it simply and make it lucid so everyone can grasp the subject.

Eye opening research. Great book that shines a light on what it means to be truly human - to be vulnerable, compassionate and kind, to be our authentic selves, to be wholehearted, to live wholesome lives through the trials and challenges that life throws at us.

I am awed with the whole idea of vulnerability, fears and how it makes us dysfunction, has been beautifully brought on forefront by Brene. There were parts that made me introspect, some made me cry, some blew my mind away as the text kept digging deeper into my mind. The book is an amazing read. I wished to write a feedback to the author every time I felt like “Oh, God!”. Kudos!!

Nah Girl I wanted help & to rewire my thinking and brain. I didn't sign up for a brainwash. The author does some stuff there to unfairly pull some amount of crowd on her side. Mostly the insecure and vulnerable people who'll defend what she says without much logic. It feels like a big red flag for that I couldn't read further.

This book is life changing. It’s written simply and beautifully with lots of research and insight and deep understanding. It’s helping me see clearly into my own self, reminding me of experiences that I haven’t remembered in a while - but which has been subconsciously influencing my behaviours and thought processes- I understand now where I come from. And it’s liberating. Now that I know, I can work my way out of the stronghold of these experiences that are holding me captive, making me shut down and board up. It also throws light on the actions of others around me.. why they maybe doing the things are doing.. and when you finally see it - their struggle - it helps us be more compassionate. More kinder to the people around us. Our family, friends, coworkers who are all waging internal battles just like us. That feeling of being in this together.. the connectedness I experienced reading this book - just priceless. I am almost done with the book but I’m definitely coming back for a second helping 😊

I bought this book because I was impressed by Brené Brown's Ted Talk about vulnerability. The book starts off taking a page from that Ted Talk and builds on the concept slowly. Initial pages had me feeling like the word 'vulnerability' was used far too many times, but I realized that there's merit in sticking with it. Right around chapter 3 is where the feels get strong. For anyone who's ever struggled with being their whole self in front of others for fear of ridicule, judgment or criticism, this book deconstructs how such a stance can become pernicious and erode your happiness. This book speaks of many uncomfortable truths and the beauty of it lies in the author's ability to empathize the instinct to hide our true selves and the strength required to override all of that conditioning and learn to be truthful to oneself again. Good read overall !

I love twitter, but I hate the abundance of tweets at times. This tweet I love: from @CoachKWisdom: All the advice in the world will never help you until you help yourself. Applying the advice in this book has transformed my way of thinking. In an era when the number of self help books can be daunting in itself and learning how to apply each piece of advice to your life can be overwhelming, Daring Greatly stands apart. It challenges the reader to be vulnerable, and in turn not conform to society, but to live a worth living by daring you to be truly who you are at your very core, which maybe the most difficult challenge in life. The messages in Daring Greatly might be the easy to understand, but difficult to apply. The book opens by using a segment of Theodore's Roosevelt's Speech, "Citizenship in a Republic" which at one point reads, "who at worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly...". Essentially, it is easy to criticize, make fun of, laugh at others and not risk because doing so is easy. Daring Greatly, inversely promotes vulnerability and taking emotional risks and exposure every day. It explores how shame creates a life that nourishes ordinary living and when exposed with resilience, living a great and fulfilled life can be achieved. Daring Greatly will show readers how to be better leaders, parents, workers, thinkers, entrepreneurs, teachers, and people. It will change your daily mentality and make you think twice about your behaviors and decisions. It will have you asking yourself, "It's easy NOT to say anything right now, but is that really what I want to happen," because in the moment the easiest thing to do will be to be quiet and the courageous action will be to ask the embarrassing question or offer an idea that might be construed as stupid. It will give you the bravery to engage in your relationships/friendships by talking openly about the difficult topics that used to be almost taboo. And it will certainly make you look at the way we use shame in our lives to feel better about ourselves by ridiculing others, gossiping, blaming and never accepting responsibility. It has made an immediate impact on how I interact with others, how I think about myself, how I parent, how I react, and much more and because of that I have felt and experienced life in a deeper sense. It is worth every minute of your time because it will allow to bring shame out of the shadows and into the light by truly living a life of daring greatly.

What more can I say than thank you for reminding me who I am and how I should be. You always hear corny tags like love your imperfections but it dies make sense- be genuine above all else and embrace your vulnerabilities and life will never turn against you. I loved the book, perfect seaside read :)

Well worth the read, brain food and insight.

The topics covered in this book are hard to talk about, hard to reason about, which is why reading this book and really leaning in to its teachings is an act of bravery in and of itself. The author is very compassionate about it, but it is still very confronting, and I say that from a place where I have help from a therapist to try and understand those lessons. Today, especially today, in the middle of this social media era, in the heart of this global pandemic, it seems like most of our interactions is driven by shame, as are most of our reactions to events and decisions. This book is very useful to look under the hood and understand what is happening in our hearts and in our minds. Simply enlightening.

The book is great, I mean it’s Brené Brown‘s.🤩 Uncomfortable truths, that’s what makes it even greater.♥️