Box of Crayons: Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, with a bachelor’s, master’s and PhD in social work. She’s spent the past decade or so studying some juicy emotional issues — vulnerability, courage, authenticity and shame. Brene recently published a book called The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are. In the book, she provides 10 guideposts to live a more authentic and wholesome life.
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"The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are" sounds like an unbelievably intriguing book. I would love to read this. I am very interested in what people consider imperfection. Although many people are looking for perfection in a person, perfection in a project, and perfection in life, I actually really enjoy the beauty of imperfection. Imperfections can often be intentional, but whether they are with intention or not, I always love to explore imperfections and why they happen. Questioning why something is "imperfect" and if it was meant to be is a great way to approach something in my mind.
I've watched several TED Talks by Brene Brown in the past, and they have all been very interesting. She is an extremely smart woman in both the intellectual and emotional sense. This is something which I believe is to be highly valued, as we usually see people successfully maintaining one or the other of those intelligences, but very rarely both. The greatest thing about her is that she covers cliche topics, but she always finds something non-cliche to say about them. I really feel that I am hearing about a topic in a new light rather than in an exhausted way when I listen to her speak. She has a gift for seeing a side of things that not many people see, and an even greater gift for articulating that side in speech and in text.
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