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| goodreads_rating = 4.18
| goodreads_rating_date = 6 November 2025
| website = [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/600469/daring-greatly-by-brene-brown/ penguinrandomhouse.com]
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'''''{{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
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🖋️ '''Author & writing'''. Brown is a research professor at the {{Tooltip|University of Houston}}, where she holds the {{Tooltip|Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair}}.<ref name="UHProfile">{{cite web |title=Brené Brown: Graduate College of Social Work |url=https://www.uh.edu/socialwork/about/faculty-directory/b-brown/index.php |website=University of Houston |publisher=University of Houston |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> Before this book she published related work on shame and Wholeheartedness, including ''{{Tooltip|The Gifts of Imperfection}}''.<ref name="BBBooks">{{cite web |title=Books & Audio – Brené Brown |url=https://brenebrown.com/books-audio/ |website=brenebrown.com |publisher=Brené Brown |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> In ''{{Tooltip|Daring Greatly}}'' she adapts grounded-theory qualitative research into practical guidance on vulnerability and courage.<ref name="BBResearch">{{cite web |title=The Research |url=https://brenebrown.com/the-research/ |website=brenebrown.com |publisher=Brené Brown |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> The title and central metaphor come from Roosevelt’s “{{Tooltip|man in the arena}},” which Brown uses to argue for “showing up” despite uncertainty.<ref name="PRH600469" /> Reviewers note a blend of research synthesis and candid personal narrative in a direct, conversational voice.<ref name="PW2012" /> Kirkus describes an evidence base of “more than a decade of research and hundreds of interviews” and defines vulnerability as “exposure, uncertainty, and emotional risk.”<ref name="Kirkus2012" /> The book’s arc moves from myths of vulnerability and “armoring up” to applications at work and school and a closing chapter on parenting.<ref name="PW2012" /> Brown’s {{Tooltip|TED}} talks further popularized these themes with broad audiences.<ref name="TED2010">{{cite web |title=Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability |website=TED |publisher=TED |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref>
📈 '''Commercial reception'''. The publisher lists the book as a #1 ''{{Tooltip|New York Times}}'' bestseller and reports “more than 2 million copies sold” (catalog page accessed 21 October 2025).<ref name="PRH600469" /> ''Publishers Weekly'' reviewed the book on 23 July 2012.<ref name="PW2012" /> Kirkus posted its review
👍 '''Praise'''. Kirkus called it “a straightforward approach to revamping one’s life from an expert on vulnerability.”<ref name="Kirkus2012" /> ''Publishers Weekly'' described it as a “roadmap for change” that “will draw readers in” while clarifying guilt versus shame.<ref name="PW2012" /> In the peer-reviewed ''{{Tooltip|Journal of College and Character}}'', {{Tooltip|Marc Cutright}} judged the book useful in college-student contexts.<ref name="JCC2014">{{cite journal |last=Cutright |first=Marc |date=12 November 2014 |title=Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead |journal=Journal of College and Character |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=273–276 |doi=10.1515/jcc-2014-0032 |url=https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/jcc-2014-0032/html |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref>
👎 '''Criticism'''. An academic review noted that Brown’s “homespun” anecdotal style may not suit all readers, even as it offers useful insights for practice.<ref name="IJSP2016">{{cite web |title=Book review: Daring greatly (2016) |url=https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/ijsp/article/id/154/ |website=International Journal of Social Pedagogy |publisher=UCL Press |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> A broader critique of “Tedcore” self-help argued that such books (including Brown’s) can package therapy language into feel-good but sometimes reductive claims.<ref name="GuardianTedcore2022">{{cite news |last=Phillips-Horst |first=Steven |title=Tedcore: the self-help books that have changed the way we live, speak and think |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/17/self-help-books-atlas-heart-atomic-habits-body-keeps-score |work=The Guardian |date=18 May 2022 |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> A 2024 ''{{Tooltip|Literary Hub}}'' essay contended that Brown’s framing of vulnerability can presume individual choice and corporate privilege, limiting its relevance for the least powerful.<ref name="LitHub2024">{{cite web |last=Zakaria |first=Rafia |title=Why Brené Brown’s Gospel of Vulnerability Fails the World’s Most Vulnerable |url=https://lithub.com/why-brene-browns-gospel-of-vulnerability-fails-the-worlds-most-vulnerable/ |website=Literary Hub |date=21 February 2024 |access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref>
🌍 '''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
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