Quotes About Values

Rumbling with Vulnerability Living into Our Values Braving Trust Learning to Rise

At Brené Brown Education and Research Group, we are called to live into the following values: Be brave. Serve the work. Take good care.

What makes this more difficult is that now we have a new level of awareness about what it means to be brave. We can't fake it anymore. We now know when we're showing up and when we're hiding out, when we are living our values and when we are not.

Choosing what's right over what's easy has become my mantra.

Building the grounded confidence to rumble with vulnerability and discomfort rather than armoring up, running away, shutting down, or tapping out, completely prepares you for living into your values, building trust, and learning to rise.

being very clear about what's acceptable and what's not acceptable.

Jean Kilbourne's book, Can't Buy My Love,

Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be.

What we are teaches the child more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.

At the exact time that our society embraces shaming, blaming, judgment, and rejection, it also holds acceptance and belonging as immensely important. In other words, it's never been more impossible to 'fit in,' yet 'fitting in' has never been more important and valued

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them. Living

Living into our values means that we do more than profess our values, we practice them. We walk our talk—we are clear about what we believe and hold important, and we take care that our intentions, words, thoughts, and behaviors align with those beliefs.

Culture is the way we do things around here.

only about 10 percent of organizations have operationalized their values into teachable and observable behaviors

There's probably not a single act at work that requires more vulnerability than holding people responsible for ethics and values, especially when you're alone in it or there's a lot of money, power, or influence at stake.

Courage is a collection of four skill sets that can be taught, observed, and measured. The four skill sets are: Rumbling with Vulnerability Living into Our Values Braving Trust Learning to Rise

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.

The stealth intention is a self-protection need that lurks beneath the surface and often drives behavior outside our values. Closely related is the stealth expectation—a desire or expectation that exists outside our awareness and typically includes a dangerous combination of fear and magical thinking. Stealth expectations almost always lead to disappointment, resentment, and more fear.

If we can't handle uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure in a way that aligns with our values and furthers our organizational goals, we can't lead.

Shame resilience is the ability to practice authenticity when we experience shame, to move through the experience without sacrificing our values, and to come out on the other side of the shame experience with more courage, compassion, and connection than we had going into it. Ultimately, shame resilience is about moving from shame to empathy—the real antidote to shame.

Respect is more important than anything else. Respect will create a foundation. But, just so you don't walk into something you aren't prepared for in the future, you need to be aware that he has his limits.

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending they're shifting.

A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul.

In our society, where money, power, and pleasure are the name of the game, the body truth is bleeding from thousand wounds.