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Blink 3 of 8 - The 5 AM Club
by Robin Sharma
Brave work. Tough conversations. Whole hearts.
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown is a leadership book that emphasizes the importance of vulnerability and empathy in the workplace.
It presents research-backed strategies for cultivating trust, resilience, and collaboration in teams, and encourages readers to embrace their humanity as leaders.
Let’s start by asking a bold question: What makes you feel vulnerable?
Even though vulnerability is a universal feeling that we all experience, we still sometimes associate it with “weakness” or feeling inadequate. We worry that admitting we don’t know all the answers will make us look stupid.
So rather than exposing ourselves to others and allowing for moments of genuine connection and problem-solving, we reach out for our “emotional armor,” we put it on, and we create barriers – between us and our coworkers, between us and the challenges we face, between us and our emotions, between us and true moments of understanding and connection with our team.
Far from being a weakness, practicing real vulnerability is a superpower. It will transform you from a mediocre leader into a great leader. And this is our first key message: being vulnerable is an act of courage.
It involves saying what’s on your mind and being honest with yourself and your team. The original word for courage comes from the Latin word cor, or “heart,” and it meant “to speak your mind by telling your heart.”
Vulnerability is your winning hand. It’s the cornerstone of human innovation and creativity, and it requires you to get open and comfortable with failure. More often than not, you’re going to need to fail multiple times before your team eventually lands on that one idea, that clear “aha” moment, that helps move everything forward.
Dare to Lead (2018) explores how you can find the inner courage to lead a great team. Drawing on Brown's person experiences as a leadership coach, as well as recent research, these blinks explore how you can harness your emotions, quash your fear of failure, and become a daring leader in an increasingly competitive world.
The courage to be vulnerable is not about winning or losing, its about the courage to show up when you cant predict or control the outcome.
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by Robin Sharma