Brene Brown on Growth Quotes

"If we want people to fully show up, to bring their whole selves including their unarmored, wholehearted selves to work, we have to create a culture in which people feel safe."

"I 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."

"To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly."

"Empathy is not about fixing, it's about the brave choice to be with someone in their darkness."

"Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot survive empathy."

"Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."

"Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: What will they think?"

"You can choose courage or you can choose comfort. You cannot have both."

"Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change."

"You either step into your story and own it, or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness."

"There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period."

"Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty."

"When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending."

"Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others."

"We don’t have to do it all alone. We were never meant to."

"Armored leadership is about self-protection and being right. Daring leadership is about self-awareness and getting it right."

"Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame."

"Curiosity is a shit-starter. But we need it for growth."

"Feeding people half-truths or BS to make them feel better (which is almost always about making ourselves feel more comfortable) is unkind."

"I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued."

"A brave leader is someone who says I see you. I hear you. I don’t have all the answers, but I’m going to keep listening."

"Vulnerability is the only bridge to build meaningful connection."

"Daring leadership is ultimately about a set of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable."

"Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it."

"What we know matters but who we are matters more."

"True belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world."

"Failure can become our most powerful path to learning if we’re willing to get curious."

"We are a cognitive-behavioral species, but we are also an emotional, spiritual species."

"We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others."

"Don't grab at the easy story. The easy story is usually the one that protects our ego and keeps us from growing."

"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love."

"Resilience is more a process than a fixed trait."

"We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions."