Quotes About Vulnerability

Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick Lencioni. He writes that in order to have mutual trust, you need to be vulnerable.

the systems most prone to failure are also our most important and are at the epicenter of our most urgent changes. When

get enough seniority to get good things done but to keep your head low enough to avoid the political battles that make you inherently vulnerable.

Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick Lencioni.

Psychological safety slips away so easily, like when the leader micromanages, can't say 'I don't know,' or acts like a know-it-all, pompous jackass. And it's not just leaders, it's also how one's peers behave.

I've figured out that the trick to a long career in IT Operations management is to get enough seniority to get good things done but to keep your head low enough to avoid the political battles that make you inherently vulnerable.

Psychological safety slips away so easily, like when the leader micromanages, can't say 'I don't know,' or acts like a know-it-all,

but to keep your head low enough to avoid the political battles that make you inherently vulnerable. I have absolutely no interest in becoming one of the vps who just give each other PowerPoints all day long.

It seems to me, then, that vulnerability and and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of God. And the reason I believe gay and lesbian people are spiritual people is that we too have participated in vulnerability and self-disclosure, especially in the process of coming-out. When someone shares with you who they really, really are, it is a special offering. To do so when it risks rejection is a profound, holy gift.

It seems to me, then, that vulnerability and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of God. And the reason I believe gay and lesbian people are spiritual people is that we too have participated in vulnerability and self-disclosure, especially in the process of coming-out. When someone shares with you who they really, really are, it is a special offering. To do so when it risks rejection is a profound, holy gift.

As he grew weaker, he stumbled around the room, bumping into tables, tripping over chairs, knocking over chemical bottles, and making one big mess.

Then he pulled back and looked at her shirt again. "Is this really true?" She nodded. "Every word of it." "Okay, then. I say you won't." "Won't do what?" He bent his head to whisper into her hair, his breath hot against her ear. " Before lunch, you won't go to bed with me." Elle reached around behind her and turned off the burner on the stove.

Kai's fingers bit into her shoulder hard enough to make her refocus. 'If you pass out on me now, I'm going to kill you,' he said conversationally.

Dead was still dead, whether the killer was exotic, professional, or amateur. Getting killed was incredibly easy. Anyone could do it. Staying safe and alive was much harder.

Now I understand. When you love someone, you have to try things even if they don't make sense to anyone else.

I'm big as a linebacker, and a seven-year-old girl treats me like her errand boy. Does she smell weakness on me?

Do you know what body armor says about a guy? It says he needs body armor.

if I wanted to make them feel pain, I had to hit them in a place where they actually felt it.

A womman cast hir shame away,Whan she cast of hir smok.

Right as an aspes leef she gan to quake.

For nakid as a worm was she.

Innocence is no earthly weapon.

right: profound un-understanding of others persisted throughout Churchill's life. Hindered by that obtusity, he had discovered the extreme vulnerability of his own position, and the harsh reality of politics. The truth was painfully simple: he had too many enemies, too few friends, and almost no popular support.

Joy is that paradox where a man so trusts, is so enraptured, as to be caught up and lost in the other, while at the same time, being utterly known by the other, thus utterly himself.