The Gifts of Imperfection

The Gifts of Imperfection

The Gifts of Imperfection

By Brené Brown

Book overview

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are was written by Brené Brown.

The Gifts of Imperfection quotes

1.Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.
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2.If connection is the energy that surges between people, we have to remember that those surges must travel in both directions.
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3.Perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it’s often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life-paralysis.
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4.When we’re kind to ourselves, we create a reservoir of compassion that we can extend to others.
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5.To practice courage, compassion, and connection is to look at life and the people around us, and say, “I’m all in.
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6.If we can’t stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can’t move forward.
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7.Hope is really a thought.
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8.When I let go of trying to be everything to everyone, I had much more time, attention, love, and connection for the important people in my life.
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9.Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.
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10.Hope is not an emotion; it's a way of thinking or a cognitive process.
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11.We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.
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12.Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them.
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13.Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.
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14.If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.
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15.When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.
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16.Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change...
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