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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
A continuation of Brene Brown's Gifts of Imperfection. A valuable message about living openly and honestly for a more genuine experience. A little long winded and disjointed, but 4 stars for a message worth contemplating in a voice worth listening to.
I read this for a book study for work & it not only was applicable to work, but also personally. I love how honest she was about her own faults & shortcomings & I enjoyed her anecdotes about her own life. I had never given a lot of thought to vulnerability & what it truly means to be vulnerable, but now I can see it as something that not only brings people together, but also can be a roadblock in so many situations.
"Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path."
I'm not really a self help type of reader, but this was so good! Such great insight and life lessons. I never realized just how many of my issues come from the way I resist and try to hide my vulnerability. There's honestly so much power in being vulnerable and allowing others to feel safe being vulnerable around you.
I'm not really a self help type of reader, but this was so good! Such great insight and life lessons. I never realized just how many of my issues come from the way I resist and try to hide my vulnerability. There's honestly so much power in being vulnerable and allowing others to feel safe being vulnerable around you.
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I don't have any good reason for it, but I still forced myself to finish knowing full well there was a good chance there was nothing for me to get out of this book. I was so baffled by the general hype around Brown (I was on the wait list for this book at the library for OVER A YEAR), that I had to go back and rewatch her TED talks to try to figure out where my initial interest in reading this book even came from.
Brown is a fine speaker, but her writing definitely didn't grab me in the same way that her speeches did. The overall quality is more on par with that of your typical YouTuber-turned-author or whatever is popular on BookTok these days. I'm fairly certain she uses the word "folks" in this book more than SJM uses the word "mate" in any of the ACOTAR books.
I understand that the writing is aiming for "accessible" in trying to be more conversational and having the information presented in layman's terms, but it came off to me as purely anecdotal scattered thoughts with little direction or point. Nearly all of the quoted dialogue sounds as if it were made up by an alien who's only had humans described to them by another alien who's only ever watched human soap operas. It was often so out there and cringey that I was distracted from how basic and uninteresting her "mind-blowing discoveries" of her painfully obvious observations of the functions of shame and guilt in society truly were.
Just stick with her TED talks, I guess. If that's your thing.
Brown is a fine speaker, but her writing definitely didn't grab me in the same way that her speeches did. The overall quality is more on par with that of your typical YouTuber-turned-author or whatever is popular on BookTok these days. I'm fairly certain she uses the word "folks" in this book more than SJM uses the word "mate" in any of the ACOTAR books.
I understand that the writing is aiming for "accessible" in trying to be more conversational and having the information presented in layman's terms, but it came off to me as purely anecdotal scattered thoughts with little direction or point. Nearly all of the quoted dialogue sounds as if it were made up by an alien who's only had humans described to them by another alien who's only ever watched human soap operas. It was often so out there and cringey that I was distracted from how basic and uninteresting her "mind-blowing discoveries" of her painfully obvious observations of the functions of shame and guilt in society truly were.
Just stick with her TED talks, I guess. If that's your thing.
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced