Daring Greatly: Difference between revisions

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== Introduction ==

 

📘'''''{{Tooltip|Daring Greatly}}''''' argues that vulnerability—“exposure, uncertainty, and emotional risk”—is not weakness but a route to courage, connection, and meaningful work.<ref name="Kirkus2012">{{cite web |title=DARING GREATLY |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brene-brown-1/daring-greatly/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |date=13 September 2012 |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> The title comes from {{Tooltip|Theodore Roosevelt}}’s “{{Tooltip|Citizenship in a Republic}},” whose “{{Tooltip|man in the arena}}” passage frames the case for showing up despite uncertainty.<ref name="PRH600469" /> Drawing on more than a decade of qualitative research and hundreds of interviews, the book explains shame, scarcity, and “shame resilience” in a plain, conversational register.<ref name="Kirkus2012" /> Chapters address myths of vulnerability, the “vulnerability armory,” applications in schools and workplaces, and wholehearted parenting.<ref name="PW2012">{{cite web |title=Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781592407330 |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=Publishers Weekly |date=23 July 2012 |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> According to the publisher’s catalog (accessed 21 October 2025), the book is a #1 ''{{Tooltip|New York Times}}'' bestseller with more than two million copies sold.<ref name="PRH600469" />

 

== Chapters ==

 

''—Note: The above summary follows the Gotham Books first edition hardcover (2012), ISBN 978-1-59240-733-0.''<ref name="Marmot36151658">{{cite web |title=Daring greatly: how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead (1st ed.) |url=https://cmc.marmot.org/Record/.b36151658 |website=Colorado Mountain College Library Catalog |publisher=Marmot Library Network |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="Jackson109090">{{cite web |title=Daring greatly (1st ed.) |url=https://jacksonlibrary.org/Record/109090 |website=Jackson Public Library Catalog |publisher=Jackson Public Library |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="PRH600469">{{cite web |title=Daring Greatly by Brené Brown |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/600469/daring-greatly-by-brene-brown/ |website=Penguin Random House |publisher=Penguin Random House |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="OCLC779263434">{{cite web |title=Daring greatly (1st ed., print) |url=https://search.worldcat.org/nl/title/Daring-greatly-%3A-how-the-courage-to-be-vulnerable-transforms-the-way-we-live-love-parent-and-lead/oclc/779263434 |website=WorldCat |publisher=OCLC |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref>

 

== Background & reception ==

 

🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. Brown discussed the book’s ideas with {{Tooltip|Oprah Winfrey}} in 2013, bringing the themes to a mainstream television audience.<ref name="Oprah2013">{{cite web |title=The Wholehearted Life: Oprah Talks to Brené Brown |url=https://www.oprah.com/spirit/brene-brown-interviewed-by-oprah-daring-greatly |website=Oprah.com |publisher=Oprah Winfrey Network |date=15 May 2013 |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> {{Tooltip|OWN}} has also promoted short ''{{Tooltip|Super Soul Sunday}}'' segments on ''{{Tooltip|Daring Greatly}}'' via its official YouTube channel.<ref name="OWNYouTube">{{cite web |title=Daring Greatly: Why Vulnerability Is Your Greatest Strength |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi0IEOBDRpQ |website=YouTube |publisher=Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> The book appears in {{Tooltip|Penguin Random House}}’s higher-education catalog for course adoption, with instructor resources.<ref name="PRHHE">{{cite web |title=Daring Greatly (Higher Education) |url=https://penguinrandomhousehighereducation.com/book/?isbn=9781592408412 |website=Penguin Random House Higher Education |publisher=Penguin Random House |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> In higher-ed scholarship, a review in the ''{{Tooltip|Journal of College and Character}}'' suggested its applicability for college students.<ref name="JCC2014" />

 

 

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