Daring Greatly

I discovered Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly, recently completed, to be inspiring reading. She explores confidence and vulnerability in an encouraging way, thus pushing the reader to consider what can be achieved. All such things are a matter of what we do with them.

As she says: “Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement.” Quite so!

As I remember reading somewhere else recently, if you have never failed, you have never done anything. Brown has that like this: “When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation.”

She also reminds us: “The most powerful moments of our lives happen when we string together the small flickers of light created by courage, compassion, and connection and see them shine in the darkness of our struggles.”

There is a lot to be said for daring greatly.