Empathy and values live in the contours of guilt, which is why it’s a powerful and socially adaptive emotion.

“While shame is highly correlated with addiction, violence, aggression, depression, eating disorders, and bullying, guilt is negatively correlated with these outcomes.

Here’s mine: When I’m receiving feedback, and I want to stay aligned with my value of courage, I say to myself, “I’m brave enough to listen.”

“When receiving feedback, we can identify a value-supporting behaviour or a piece of self-talk to help in the moment.

I specifically bring courage, which means that I don’t choose comfort over being respectful and honest-choosing politeness over respect is not respectful.”

“I always bring my core values to feedback conversations.

I don’t have all the answers, but I’m going to keep listening and asking questions.”

“A brave leader is someone who says I see you.

“Leaders must either invest a reasonable amount of time attending to fears and feelings or squander an unreasonable amount of time trying to manage ineffective and unproductive behaviour.”.

It is earned not through heroic deeds, or even highly visible actions, but through paying attention, listening, and gestures of genuine care and connection.” “It turns out that trust is in fact earned in the smallest of moments.“There is an incredibly important, uncomfortable, and brave discussion that every single leader and every organisation in the world should be having about privilege.”.If you choose courage, you will absolutely know failure, disappointment, setback, even heartbreak. “The only thing I know for sure after all of this research is that if you’re going to dare greatly, you’re going to get your ass kicked at some point.“Feeding people half-truths or bullshit to make them feel better (which is almost always about making ourselves feel more comfortable) is unkind.”.“Only when diverse perspectives are included, respected, and valued can we start to get a full picture of the world.”.“ Daring leaders work to make sure people can be themselves and feel a sense of belonging.”.“The courage to be vulnerable is not about winning or losing, it’s about the courage to show up when you can’t predict or control the outcome.”.“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.”.

Here’s our pick of the most inspiring quotes shared by the exceptional leader, researcher and storyteller. When it comes to leading and living bravely, Brené Brown has it covered.

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