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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
I say this about so many books, but I need to reread this to fully wrestle with and appreciate this. Highly recommend.
informative
medium-paced
emotional
informative
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
This is the second Brené Brown book I have read, and I appreciate how much I am able to continue to glean from her research. Both my Brown books are loaded with bookmarks for passages that I felt would help me with my teaching, my leadership, and my personal struggles. I keep The Gifts of Imperfection in my classroom and sometimes pick it up to remind myself of some of these points. I am happy to have a second book full of Brown's wisdom to help keep me going.
I read Daring Greatly thinking it would coincide with my work with a group of student leaders, and it certainly did that. It has me thinking about belonging vs fitting in, how connection is fostered, and the role of culture.
But in true Brene Brown fashion, she also throws out some personal gut punches that I couldn’t ignore. I couldn’t *just* read this book for work because she also talks about the role of shame in motherhood, attributes our culture associates with femininity, the shield of perfectionism, & wholehearted parenting.
Needless to say, professionally and personally, I’ll be thinking about this one for awhile. At this point, I feel like everyone has at least heard of Brene Brown and her work with vulnerability, but if there’s anything about this work - for you as a leader or just you personally - that intrigues you, I promise the book won’t disappoint.
But in true Brene Brown fashion, she also throws out some personal gut punches that I couldn’t ignore. I couldn’t *just* read this book for work because she also talks about the role of shame in motherhood, attributes our culture associates with femininity, the shield of perfectionism, & wholehearted parenting.
Needless to say, professionally and personally, I’ll be thinking about this one for awhile. At this point, I feel like everyone has at least heard of Brene Brown and her work with vulnerability, but if there’s anything about this work - for you as a leader or just you personally - that intrigues you, I promise the book won’t disappoint.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
[3.5 stars]
I liked this concept, I like this author, and I think they're a solid researcher with a solid idea. But I don't think the book was organized very well. It jumped across multiple concepts without properly tying them together, and was more anecdotal and qualitative (it's meant to be, the author is a qualitative researcher). I didn't quite feel like I could take away any life changing stuff from this book.
Vulnerability is cool. Shame resilience is important. That would be too two learnings.
I liked this concept, I like this author, and I think they're a solid researcher with a solid idea. But I don't think the book was organized very well. It jumped across multiple concepts without properly tying them together, and was more anecdotal and qualitative (it's meant to be, the author is a qualitative researcher). I didn't quite feel like I could take away any life changing stuff from this book.
Vulnerability is cool. Shame resilience is important. That would be too two learnings.