If people are engaging in truly shameful behaviors, then they should feel ashamed that's healthy. So I think there is potential harm to the way she redefines shame. Actually, there is research suggesting that shame-based societies have less crime and mental illness than societies that are more individualistic. She also makes the claim that shame has never been shown to be helpful. The main theme of the book is 'shame.' To the author, this is a fundamentally bad thing, even though she acknowledges that shameless people are sociopaths. Teddy Roosevelt is spinning in his grave if he can hear how his famous quote about 'daring greatly' has been turned into sappy psychobabble. Brown’s many fans have been waiting for, Daring Greatly will spark a new spirit of truth-and trust-in our organizations, families, schools, and communities. Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability.

Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into vulnerability and engage with our whole hearts. who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” -Theodore RooseveltĮvery day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. 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. “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. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives.

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