Rising strong
by Brené Brown · first published 2015
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"The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle, Brene Brown writes, can be our greatest call to courage, and rising strong our clearest path to a wholehearted life"-- "With her 2010 TED talk on the power of vulnerability (over 18 million views), her bestselling books on the transformative gift
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…some good books from women? Check out these: Nonfiction: * Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach * The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs * Freedom Is a Constant Struggle, Angela Davis * Rising Strong, Brené Brown * Cleopatra, Stacy Shiff * The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander Fiction: * Anything by Ursula Le Guin * Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie * Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer * Citizen:…
on “Summer Reading List” ↗Rising Strong by Brene Brown It teaches you how to get back up after failure, how to be in the arena, doing the work and not backing down when the critics tries to shame you. Her research on shame in her earlier…
on “Ask HN: What's one book you've recently read and enjoyed?” ↗…your interested I've found her writing style flows really nicely. She does relate some concepts to her other books though so you may end up getting 3 books by the end of it :) https://www.amazon.ca/Rising-Strong-Ability-Transforms-Paren...
on “How to Communicate When Trust Is Low Without Digging Yourself into a Deeper Hole” ↗…shame". I'm pretty sure the second one talks a bit about resilience, and the first one sets up some context. Her books are generally quite excellent as well, and I'll definitely be picking up a copy of Rising Strong to once again complete the library
on “How People Learn to Become Resilient” ↗Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology (great!) Dare to Lead (interesting and Powerful) Rising Strong (Sensible) What the most successful people do before breakfast (helpful in thinking about opportunity costs) Why we sleep (interesting read) Exponential organisations (Re-read after 2 years, worth…
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