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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
informative
fast-paced
3,5 ⭐️
I thought this was an interesting and sometimes helpful book about shame and vulnerability. The open doors didn’t bother me so much. It was a comforting read with some useful reminders for me for this particular time in my life.
I couldn’t focus on finding a quote, except this one which is not from the author of this book. Oh well…
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Quote:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. . . .
~ Theodore Roosevelt
I thought this was an interesting and sometimes helpful book about shame and vulnerability. The open doors didn’t bother me so much. It was a comforting read with some useful reminders for me for this particular time in my life.
I couldn’t focus on finding a quote, except this one which is not from the author of this book. Oh well…
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Quote:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. . . .
~ Theodore Roosevelt
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Brene Brown just has a way of explaining vulnerability and shame in such a clearcut way. Her personal stories tied in with her research and data form a really beautiful and honest picture of what it is to be human. The advice she gives comes across as so simple and yet caused a huge paradigm shift for me. I loved reading this book and hope to be able to implement her suggestions in my life. in order to Dare Greatly.
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
I like Brene Brown’s research about shame and vulnerability. It makes sense to me and helps me understand my feelings better. But it seems like she just keeps recycling the same things in all her books so she can put another one out and make money. It kinda bores me.
There were a lot of really good points, but there was also a lot of rambling. I listened to the audiobook and I know I tuned out in a few places.
There was a lot I missed (skipping in the early disks, then disk 6 was entirely missing from the set I got from the library), and there was a good bit repeated from The Gifts of Imperfection, but ultimately this was good info. I especially liked the parenting part - about how you shouldn't worry too much about parenting theories and just be the adult you would want your children to grow up to be.
Talk about reading the right book at the right time...She had a list of questions for my exact scenario. A quick read, but something I'll revisit and discuss with my family.