Daring Greatly

How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

by Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW

What it Means to Dare Greatly

  • The name of the book comes from a speech
  • It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,

Introduction: My Adventures in the Arena

Chapter 1: Scarcity Looking Inside Our Culture of "Never Enough"

Chapter 2: Debunking the Vulnerability Myths

Chapter 3: Understanding And Combating Shame

Chapter 4: The Vulnerability Armory

Chapter 5: Mind the Gap: Cultivating Change and Closing the Disengagement Divide

Chapter 6: Disruptive Engagement: Daring to Rehumanize Education and Work

Chapter 7: Wholehearted Parenting: Daring to Be the Adults

Final Thoughts

Appendix