About Brené Brown

American research professor known for her work on courage, vulnerability and leadership. (b. 1965)

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More from Brené Brown

• Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.Atlas of the Heart (2021)
• Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.Atlas of the Heart (2021)
• We have to belong to ourselves as much as we need to belong to others. Any belonging that asks us to betray ourselves is not true belonging.Atlas of the Heart (2021)
• Shame hates to have words wrapped around it. If we talk about it, it loses its grip on us.University of Houston, Pride Stories profile
• Healthy striving is about striving for internal goals, and wanting to be our best selves. Perfectionism is not motivated internally. Perfectionism is about what people will think.Interview, The Washington Post (2012)
• Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we'll ever do.The Gifts of Imperfection (2010)

More quotes on communication

• The truth is rarely pure and never simple.Oscar Wilde
• Brevity is the soul of wit.William Shakespeare
• All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.Ernest Hemingway
• We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.Toni Morrison
• Definitions belonged to the definers, not the defined.Toni Morrison
• Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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