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UnMarketing: "Don't try to win over the haters; you're not the jackass whisperer. (Brené Brown)
Shame hates to have words wrapped around it. If we talk about it, it loses its grip on us. View quote
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A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick. View quote
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When you stop caring what people think, you lose your capacity for connection. When you're defined by it, you lose our capacity for vulnerability. View quote
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...the biggest mistake people make is not acknowledging fear and uncertainty. View quote
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Healthy striving is about striving for internal goals, and wanting to be our best selves. Perfectionism is not motivated internally. Perfectionism is about what people will think. And you do not see effective leaders in corporations sitting on an email for three hours to make sure it's worded just perfectly. You don't. They have work to get done..You don't see elite athletes letting themselves be discouraged by a bad workout or a single bad performance. It happens all the time. They're accustomed to winning, they're accustomed to losing. Once perfectionism becomes the goal, they're out of the sport. View quote
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The thing that I have learned is that vulnerability is at the center of fear and shame, but it is also at the center of joy and gratitude and love and belonging...If we continue to wake up every day and put our game faces on and think that invulnerability is the way to be ... then we pay the price, because I don't know that we would ever fully experience joy and love and belonging. View quote
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How can we expect people to put value on our work when we don't value ourselves enough to set and hold uncomfortable boundaries? View quote
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Of all the things trauma takes away from us, the worst is our willingness, or even our ability, to be vulnerable. There's a reclaiming that has to happen. View quote
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Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love. View quote
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Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. (Brené Brown)
Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others. View quote
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Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect. When we don't have that, we shape-shift and turn into chameleons; we hustle for the worthiness we already possess. View quote
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Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis. View quote
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Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives. View quote
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There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period. View quote
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When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in. View quote
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I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter. To be on that list, you have to love me for my strengths and struggles. View quote
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Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky. View quote
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If we want to fully experience love and belonging, we must believe that we are worthy of love and belonging. View quote
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I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude. (Brené Brown)
When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible. View quote
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Why, when we know that there's no such thing as perfect, do most of us spend an incredible amount of time and energy trying to be everything to everyone? Is it that we really admire perfection? No - the truth is that we are actually drawn to people who are real and down-to-earth. We love authenticity and we know that life is messy and imperfect. View quote
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The only unique contribution that we will ever make in this world will be born of our creativity. View quote
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You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame. View quote
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