Brene Brown Quote
It's only in the last few years that I've learned that playing down the exciting stuff doesn't' take the pain away when it doesn't happen. It also creates a lot of isolation. Once you've diminished the importance of something, your friends are not likely to call and say, I'm sorry that didn't work out. I know you were excited about it.Now when someone asks me about the potential opportunity that I'm excited about, I'm more likely to practice courage and say, I'm so excited about the possibility. I'm trying to stay realistic, but I really hope it happens. When things haven't panned out, it's been comforting to be able to call a supportive friend and say, Remember that event I told you about? It's not going to happen, and I'm so bummed.
Brene Brown
It's only in the last few years that I've learned that playing down the exciting stuff doesn't' take the pain away when it doesn't happen. It also creates a lot of isolation. Once you've diminished the importance of something, your friends are not likely to call and say, I'm sorry that didn't work out. I know you were excited about it.Now when someone asks me about the potential opportunity that I'm excited about, I'm more likely to practice courage and say, I'm so excited about the possibility. I'm trying to stay realistic, but I really hope it happens. When things haven't panned out, it's been comforting to be able to call a supportive friend and say, Remember that event I told you about? It's not going to happen, and I'm so bummed.
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About Brene Brown
She appears in the 2019 documentary Brené Brown: The Call to Courage on Netflix. In 2022, HBO Max released a documentary series based on her book Atlas of the Heart.
Brown holds the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and is a visiting professor in management at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.