Good morning and welcome to the Increase Your Impact podcast. Justin Suitt here, episode 2002.

Today I want to read an excerpt from the book Daring Greatly by Brenne Brown. I'm calling from,

I'm in a new place. I'm in Kansas City right now. We're shooting some new episodes for the Digin Deep

podcasts. You should check that one out as well. I think you might like it. But listen to what

Brunei Brown says about vulnerability. She says this, here's the crux of the struggle. I want to

experience your vulnerability, but I don't want to be vulnerable. Vulnerability is courage in you

and inadequacy in me. We've all heard the question, what would you attempt if you knew you could not

fail? An even better question could be, what's worth doing even if I fail? Perfect and bulletproof

are seductive, but they don't exist in the human experience. We must walk into the arena,

whatever it may be, a new relationship, an important meeting,

our creative process, or a difficult family conversation with courage and a willingness to engage.

Rather than sitting on the sidelines and hurling judgment and advice,

we must dare to show up and let ourselves be seen.

This is vulnerability, close quote. I absolutely love that.

And that might be worth listening to again. I think Brunay Brown's words are so eloquent.

They're pointy and sticky and memorable. And my invitation to you as a leader is to ask yourself where can you be more

vulnerable vulnerable who can you be more vulnerable with and if that's really hard for you to do

start with somebody you trust i'm telling you as you get better at being vulnerable and not trying to show that you're

bulletproof and perfect, it's going to take a lot of pressure off yourself. You're going to be

able to be more free and be able to make better decisions and perform at a higher level and

model it to other people as well, creating an environment where people are able to tell the truth

and receive the truth and to be able to perform at your best together. Have a great day and we'll do it

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