Brene Brown Quotes

Brene Brown
American Author
Born: Nov 18, 1965
Love Me People Think Time You
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. Brene Brown
Risk Uncertainty Emotional Vulnerability Exposure Basically
I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter. To be on that list, you have to love me for my strengths and struggles. Brene Brown
Love Me You Love Me People Matter Paper Carry Small Struggles Written Names Sheet Opinions Wallet List To Love Whose Strengths
In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer's dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us. Brene Brown
Work Time Thanksgiving Dog School Year September Back Back To School Summer Ways Kids Feels Days Like Piles Go Up After Busiest Us Many Suddenly
The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support. Brene Brown
Best Good Home You Courage World Sometimes Will Honored Ourselves Out Marriages Find Put Fail Support Know Vulnerability Go Go Home Lot Off Times Where Really Your Pull
Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading through uncertainty and self-doubt when it comes to raising our children. Brene Brown
Parenting Judgment Our Uncertainty Shame Through Most Self-Doubt Because Ironically Precisely Children Us Raising
Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous. Brene Brown
Dangerous Myth Weakness Vulnerability Profoundly
To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability. Brene Brown
Me People Leader Important Think Finding Someone Potential Himself Accountable Sustainability Holds Processes Really Who Her
You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame. Brene Brown
You People Paralyzed About Shame Talk Talking Without Privilege Get Cannot Race Start
Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to us about what's happening, and they have better skills to work it out. Brene Brown
Work Better Feelings Understanding Kids Out About More Talk Likely How Happening Us Much Skills Who Why
It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance. Brene Brown
Compassion Practice Own Our Worthiness Struggling Authenticity Hard
The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness. Brene Brown
Me You Courage First Difficult Willing Daring Weakness Look First Thing Vulnerability The First Thing Show Thing Last Difficult Thing
Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That's an attempt to hot-wire connection. But you can't cheat real connection. It's built up slowly. It's about trust and time. Brene Brown
Time You Trust Wax Posting Slowly About Attempt Divorce Cheat Vulnerability Built Real Nor Up Bikini Your Connection
We judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we're doing. Brene Brown
People Judge Worse Folks Area Shame Picking Vulnerable Doing Than Where Who
As unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current less-than-fulfilling lives. We want to be happier, more loving, forgiving and connected with the people around us. Brene Brown
People Our Shake More Around Lot Up Same Current Forgiving Same Things Want Happier Loving Us Connected Unique Lives Awful Awful Lot Things
If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything. Brene Brown
You Think Everything Pressing Worthiness Worthwhile More Bottom Bottom Line Attendance Like Sadly Mistaken Vulnerability Because Dealing Test Test Scores Issues Line Scores Authenticity Standardized
We're hardwired for connection. There's no arguing with the bioscience. But we can want it so badly we're trying to hot-wire it. Brene Brown
Arguing Badly Trying Want Connection Hardwired
Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it. Brene Brown
Me You Man Say Kids Arena Anonymous Comments Person Front
Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak. Brene Brown
Fear Walk Men Looking Weak Sign Weakness Shame Make Vulnerable Tightrope Any Afraid Where Themselves
As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We're almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it's inviting disaster. Brene Brown
Be Happy Happy Tolerance Our See Almost Feel Inviting Like Disaster Vulnerability Greatest Afraid Low Researcher Barrier
One thing that I tell people all the time is, 'I'm not going to answer a call from you after nine o'clock at night or before nine o'clock in the morning unless it's an emergency.' Brene Brown
Time Morning You People Before Nine Unless Tell One Thing Emergency Call Answer Going After Thing Night
Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous. Brene Brown
Dangerous Endeavor Our Seductive Uncertain Both Makes Children Explicit Certainty Strategies Need Raising Raising Children
One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess. Brene Brown
Hate People Better Research Guess Topic One Of The Things Shame Importance Vulnerability Because Vulnerable Discovered Huge Very Than Did Moved Being Upside Happily Downer Away Things
In my research, I've interviewed a lot of people who never fit in, who are what you might call 'different': scientists, artists, thinkers. And if you drop down deep into their work and who they are, there is a tremendous amount of self-acceptance. Brene Brown
Work You People Drop Research Down Tremendous Tremendous Amount Never Self-Acceptance Call Scientists Lot Fit Artists Different Might Who Deep Amount Thinkers
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