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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 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" />

 

=== Chapter 1 – Scarcity: looking inside our culture of "never enough" ===