Posts Tagged TED Talks
Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability
“We numb vulnerability. We are the most in debt, obese, addicted, and medicated adult cohort in US history.”
“The problem is, you cannot selectively numb emotion. You can’t say here’s the bad stuff, here’s vulnerability, here’s grief, here’s shame, here’s fear, here’s disappointment; I don’t want to feel these. I’m going to have a couple of beers and a banana nut muffin. You can’t numb those hard feelings without numbing the other affects or emotions. When we numb those, we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness, and then we are miserable…” “Blame is a way to discharge pain and discomfort” (Brené Brown)
NIGEL MARSH: HOW TO MAKE WORK-LIFE BALANCE WORK
“The first step in solving any problem is acknowledging the reality of the situation you’re in. And the reality of the society we’re in is that there are thousands and thousands of people out there leading lives of quiet screaming desperation, where they work long hard hours at jobs they hate to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.”
“Being more balanced, doesn’t mean dramatic upheaval in your life. With the smallest investment, in the right places, you can radically transform the quality of your relationships and the quality of your life.” (Nigel Marsh)
