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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
Brené adequately summarizes her previous research on vulnerability and shame into digestible frameworks for living bravely and wholeheartedly. She references a number of testimonial insights from the corporate training sessions she facilitated over the years to illustrate how her readers build resilience by learning to rise through the reckoning, the rumble, and the revolution of their lived experiences.
This book made me want to read her other books, which is why I’ll give it 3 stars. As some others wrote, it made constant reference to her other books and then applied concepts/lessons to the workplace. I think for some this could be very valuable. For me, the lessons were impactful but could have been summed up in an excellent and dense chapter or two. I value the research and points being made here, but it left me wishing I’d read a different Brown book as my first introduction to her work. I have to say though: listening to this as an audio book was great. The author has a lovely reading voice that was expressive and fun to follow.
I think this does what it is meant to well. It's a book that pulls together a lot of her other books and findings into one easily digestible source to prompt better connection and leadership within groups of people, mainly companies though she talks about school situations as well. Although, I think these also can be adapted and applied to all sorts of situation - that's probably why she's covered these topics in different books with different examples before and since. One thing that really resonated with me was the section on finding out the two core values of yourself and of others which enables you to recognize what people are expecting and where they're coming from a bit better.
This has an appeal to companies and leaders within companies big, small, and anywhere in between. I actually am having a GM I know soon to see what he will pull out of it and use in his own workplace.
I think for the avid Brown reader, you may find this repetitive as I've seen in reviews. To me, this book serves a great purpose, and I actually think it would be good jumping off point with Brown's books to see what peaks your interest the most and pick up the whole book dedicated to that topic. For instance, if BRAVING was something you connected with a lot, there's a whole book about BRAVING (which I read and really enjoyed). As usual, I wasn't prepared, so I feel like I need to reread this with a notebook handy to take notes for future reference.
This has an appeal to companies and leaders within companies big, small, and anywhere in between. I actually am having a GM I know soon to see what he will pull out of it and use in his own workplace.
I think for the avid Brown reader, you may find this repetitive as I've seen in reviews. To me, this book serves a great purpose, and I actually think it would be good jumping off point with Brown's books to see what peaks your interest the most and pick up the whole book dedicated to that topic. For instance, if BRAVING was something you connected with a lot, there's a whole book about BRAVING (which I read and really enjoyed). As usual, I wasn't prepared, so I feel like I need to reread this with a notebook handy to take notes for future reference.
Like all of Brene's books, this one resonated with me in profound ways. The leadership focus was steeped in all things Brene (vulnerability, courage, daring), but there were definitely a few new nuggets of insight that I've found myself already using in the workplace.
"Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind."
"We fail the minute we let someone else define success for us."
"Choose the adventure of being brave and afraid, at the same time."
She encourages you and your organization to "live into" your values - not just proclaim them. To move from platitudes to action can be a difficult step, which requires mindfulness and serious thinking.
4/5 stars because there is some overlap/repitition with other books, but I enjoyed and welcomed the reminders.
"Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind."
"We fail the minute we let someone else define success for us."
"Choose the adventure of being brave and afraid, at the same time."
She encourages you and your organization to "live into" your values - not just proclaim them. To move from platitudes to action can be a difficult step, which requires mindfulness and serious thinking.
4/5 stars because there is some overlap/repitition with other books, but I enjoyed and welcomed the reminders.
I’m a Dr. Brené Brown stan. It’s official. She is incredible.
Highly recommend the audiobook version. Read by the author, she makes adjustments to the language as she goes and it feels much more conversational than reading the book.
This book holds some great messages which I'll definitely take with me. However, the way the book was written was quite self-promoting at times. I loved some of the stories to explain the various concepts and methods yet not all of them felt necessary and some of them even took away from the story.
Could not get through this. It was a book for work’s book club.
I love Brene Brown, and because of that I expected to like this book a little more. (This was her first book I’ve read cover to cover. I’ve read many parts of her other books, but not from beginning to end, which I plan on changing soon.) Maybe this just felt a little too much like being in school for me. Which I guess was somewhat close to its intent. It had some worthwhile information and stories that I will remember. And I do like her style of writing.
So epic. Took me forever on Audible bc it’s a lot to digest and I rewound it halfway through to listen again.