The Gifts Of Imperfection by Brene Brown

The Gifts Of Imperfection

by Brene Brown

In hardback for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own.

For over a decade, Brene Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveller. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh and, on occasion, cry with you. And what's now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brene writes, "This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, 'My story matters because I matter.' Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance."

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Today was a hard day in work, I felt like a let people down and stuff was all going skew. I decided to tidy my desk and try to gain some control over the day. I came across this book that had been requested and then rejected by another authority (this is part of my job, inter-library loans). I had put it aside because it looked interesting and today I happened on it. And it was the right book. I have to be kinder to me than I have been and I need to let go of trying to do everything in a "perfect" way. I need to use the paper, the stamps, and if I fail, I fail, but failing to try is also a fail, I can't make it worse. Empty notebooks will stay empty unless I use them, all they're doing now is adding to my guilt. This needs to stop.

I need to embrace life, I need to embrace me, I need to be more authentic to me and take time for the various me's that live in me and with me. I need to stop procrastinating and start doing. This book reminded me of these things in a readable short dose of confirming some things from my mind to my heart.

Thank you Brene Brown for this book. I must look at www.brenebrown.com or www.ordinarycourage.com

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