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I became an expert fitter-in, a chameleon.
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I learned how to say the right thing or show up in the right way. I used my pattern recognition skills to anticipate what people wanted, what they thought, or what they were doing. I knew if I could recognize patterns in people’s behaviors and connect those patterns to what people were feeling and doing, I could find my way.
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Below are a few of my notes, parts of the book that particularly resonated with me. I went into learning mode highlighter and pen in hand underlining, writing in the margins, journaling about different parts that were especially chewy. I’ll be honest, it was a hard one to read and I wasn’t sitting down in an afternoon with a cup of tea and casually turning pages. There was SO much that resonated with me. A group of eighth graders that she interviewed hit the nail on the head, “Belonging is being accepted for you, fitting in is being accepted for being like everyone else.” So, my eternal quest for fitting in was directly challenged the entire time I read this book. I bet you can guess the answer to that question. Can’t I just keep trying to fit in and be my true self?” The inside book cover reads, “…in a culture that’s rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with and erosion of civility, it’s easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism.” As someone who’s wanted to achieve that “fitting in” award her entire live, my honest first response was “Wow, that sounds super lonely and super hard.
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She has another talk, Listening to Shame which is equally epic.Īnd, if you’re wondering those are my Raisin Bran Muffins with Homemade Almond Butter and a cup of decaf chai in the picture below! Her TED talk – The Power of Vulnerability– is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 30 million views. Her uncanny ability to share learnings from thousands of interviews in a storytelling format is unmatched. If you haven’t heard of Brené Brown you’re in for a real treat! She is a research professor at the University of Houston who has spent the past sixteen years studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of four #1 New York Times bestsellers. For commute purposes I’m going to give Kindle and audiobooks a try next month but nothing will replace that feeling of holding and reading a real, paper filled book.īut, back to the point! I just finished a book that made a real impact on me and I wanted to share it with you since the purpose of this whole blog project is to share tools, thoughts and inspiration that can help you to find meaning and live a life on purpose. I love the feeling of a book in your hands as you read it, the pages turning, the weight of the pages bound together. I don’t make as much time for it as I’d like, despite the growing list of books next to my reading chair. My nose was always in a book and I was always amazed at the power words have… transporting us to places we’ve never seen, painting pictures in our heads and expanding our thoughts and ideas. Reading has always been a favorite hobby.