Brene Brown's book Daring Greatly is about living with courage, and how (as opposed to cultural stereotypes) that courage is fueled by one's willingness to be vulnerable. That's right. Contrary to every Die Hard movie you've seen, to be courageous you must open yourself up to vulnerability, to the chance of failure, and take risks. via GIPHY As I did with the last book, I listened to the audio version of Daring Greatly for free, using my Jacksonville Public Library with the Hoopla app on my phone. She starts the book by quoting the most famous lines from President Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 Man in the Arena speech at the Sorbonne in Paris, France: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiant...
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