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Brene Brown identified patterns in Focus that most people miss. This collection reveals those insights, each quote preserved with full attribution and context. Use it to sharpen your thinking, spot leverage points, and avoid common mistakes. When Focus gets complicated, return here for the mental clarity Brene Brown would bring to the situation.
"Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty."
"Stay in your lane. Comparison kills creativity and joy."
"Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: What will they think?"
"Leaders must either invest a reasonable amount of time attending to fears and feelings, or squander an unreasonable amount of time trying to manage ineffective and unproductive behavior."
"Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it's a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands."
"Joy comes to us in ordinary moments. We risk missing out when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary."
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