Sublime

Boundaries: Learning to set, hold, and respect boundaries. The challenge is letting go of being liked and the fear of disappointing people. Reliability: Learning how to say what we mean and mean what we say. The challenge is not overcommitting and overpromising to please others or prove ourselves. Accountability: Learning how to step up, be account

He writes, “We are not here to fit in, be well balanced, or provide exempla for others. We are here to be eccentric, different, perhaps strange, perhaps merely to add our small piece, our little clunky, chunky selves, to the great mosaic of being. As the gods intended, we are here to become more and more ourselves.”

“In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen—really seen.” —Brené Brown

Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

Many researchers talk in terms of upward and downward comparisons.

Vulnerabilidade não é conhecer vitória ou derrota; é compreender a necessidade de ambas, é se envolver, se entregar por inteiro.

define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.

Brown, Brené. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead. 2015. Avery.