Wrapping up "Daring Greatly"

Welcome to the wrap up of the On the Same Page book club discussion of "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead." Before you tell yourself, “This is a waste of time, because I haven’t even read this book,” STOP! Pause. RETHINK! There are lots of juicy nuggets here and who says you can’t start reading the book (and our previous posts) today or next week?

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Minding the Gap: Cultivating Change and Closing the Disengagement Divide

Great things come in small packages and big concepts are the gift of this week's short chapter of Brené Brown's "Daring Greatly." “The space between our practiced values (what we’re actually doing, thinking, and feeling) and our aspirational values (what we want to do, think, and feel) is the value gap, or what I call ‘the disengagement divide.’” Brené Brown

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Daring Greatly: Commentary on "The Truth About Vulnerability"

One of the things I love most about living and working with others is having the opportunity to watch (& experience) daily steps toward wholehearted living. It's a constant reminder that we all need to practice practice practice getting where we want to go.

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True Confessions... Kicking off and Daring Greatly

Welcome to a Sneak Preview of our Summer Blog Book Club that begins Monday, July 1. It is my pleasure and delight to introduce our latest selection, "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead" by Brené Brown. This summer we are going to dare greatly and get vulnerable, beginning right here and now.

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The Art of Possibility - Rule Number 6

Hidden beneath the buffoonery and bluster of the "calculating self" lies the incredible diamond of our soul which Rosamund and Benjamin Zander refer to as the "central self" — a term used to embrace the remarkably generative, prolific, and creature nature of ourselves and the world. While the "calculating self" is frantically looking out for numero uno, the "central self" always appraises the truth of the whole situation without guile or agenda. It's the softer, brighter, lighter self.

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