Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation–Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. She is also a visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and her latest book, Dare to Lead, which is the culmination of a seven-year study on courage and leadership. She hosts the Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead podcasts, and her TEDx talk, “The Power of Vulnerability,” is one of the top five most-viewed TED talks in the world with more than 50 million views. She is also the first researcher to have a filmed lecture on Netflix. The Call to Courage special debuted on the streaming service on April 19, 2019. Brené Brown lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Steve. They have two children, Ellen and Charlie.
“The brilliantly insightful Brené Brown draws upon extensive
research and personal experience to explore the paradoxes of
courage: we become strong by embracing vulnerability, we dare more
greatly when we acknowledge our fear. I can’t stop thinking about
this book.”
—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project
"A wonderful book: urgent, essential and fun to read. I couldn't
put it down, and it continues to resonate with me."
—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin
"In Daring Greatly, Brené Brown refers to herself as both a
mapmaker and a traveler. In my book, that makes her a guide. And I
believe the world needs more guides like her who are showing us a
wiser way to our inner world. If you'd like to set your course on
being more courageous and connected, engaged and resilient, leave
the GPS at home. Daring Greatly is all the navigation you'll
need."
—Maria Shriver
"Daring Greatly is an important book -- a timely warning about the
danger of pursuing certainty and control above all. Brené
Brown offers all of us a valuable guide to the real reward of
vulnerability: Greater courage."
—Daniel Pink
"What I find remarkable about this book is the unique combination
of solid research and kitchen table story-telling. Brené becomes
such a real person in the book that you can actually hear her voice
asking, "Have you dared greatly today?" The invitation in
this book is clear: We must be larger than anxiety, fear, and shame
if we want to speak, act, and show up. The world needs this book
and Brené’s unique blend of warmth, humor and ass-kicking makes her
the perfect person to inspire us to dare greatly."
—Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.
"One of the tragic ironies of modern life is that so many people
feel isolated from each other by the very feelings they have in
common: including a fear of failure and a sense of not being
enough. Brené Brown shines a bright light into these dark recesses
of human emotion and reveals how these feelings can gnaw at
fulfillment in education, at work and in the home. She shows
too how they can be transformed to help us live more
wholehearted lives of courage, engagement and purpose. Brené Brown
writes as she speaks, with wisdom, wit, candor and a deep sense of
humanity. If you're a student, teacher, parent, employer, employee
or just alive and wanting to live more fully, you should read this
book. I double dare you."
—Sir Ken Robinson
"In an age of constant pressure to conform and pretend, Daring
Greatly offers a compelling alternative: transform your life by
being who you really are. Embrace the courage to
be vulnerable. Dare to read this book!"
—Chris Guillebeau, author of The $100 Startup
"Here's the essence of this book: Vulnerability is courage in you
but inadequacy in me. Brené's book, weaving together research and
Texan anecdote, shows you some paths forward. And don't for a
moment think this is just for women. Men carry the burden of Being
Strong And Never Weak, and we pay a heavy price for it. Daring
Greatly can help us all."
—Michael Bungay Stanier, author of Do More Great Work
"I deeply trust Brené Brown--her research, her intelligence, her
integrity, and her personhood. So when she definitively lands on
the one most important value we can cultivate for professional
success, relationship health, parental joy, and courageous,
passionate living...well, I sit up and take notice . . . even when
that one most critical value turns out to be the risky act of being
vulnerable. She dared greatly to write this book, and you will
benefit greatly to read it and to put its razor-sharp wisdom into
action in your own life and work."
—Elizabeth Lesser, Cofounder, Omega Institute, author of Broken
Open
"A straightforward approach to revamping one's life from an expert
on vulnerability."
—Kirkus Reviews"Will draw readers in and have them considering what
steps they would dare to take if shame and fear were not
present."
—Publishers Weekly"Offers good insights into how people don
personal armor to shield themselves from vulnerability."
—The Wall Street Journal"Brene's down-to-earth approach to
vulnerability resonates with me."
—Katie Couric
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