Daring greatly : how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead

Summary: Based on twelve years of research, thought leader Dr. Brené Brown argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection.

Record details

ISBN: 1592407331
ISBN: 9781592407330
Physical Description: 287 p. ; 22 cm.
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Publisher: New York, NY : Gotham Books, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

What it means to dare greatly -- Introduction: my adventures in the arena -- Scarcity : looking inside our culture of "never enough" -- Debunking the vulnerability myths -- Understanding and combating shame -- The vulnerability armory -- Mind the gap : cultivating change and closing the disengagement divide -- Disruptive engagement : daring to re-humanize education and work -- Wholehearted parenting : daring to be the adults we want our children to be -- Final thoughts -- Appendix-trust in emergence : grounded theory and my research process -- Practicing gratitude -- Notes and references.