Leadership Brene Brown Quotes & Sayings

I really love eating, so I love reading about food, and I religiously read the dining section in newspapers. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I love stand-up, but the process of writing is a little more lonely. I want to keep doing both, though. — Jack Whitehall

My greatest thrill was the day Mad magazine spoofed 'Ghost.' — Jerry Zucker

When we harbor negative emotions toward others or toward ourselves, or when we intentionally create pain for others, we poison our own physical and spiritual systems. By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. It disables a person's emotional resources. The challenge ... is to refine our capacity to love others as well as ourselves and to develop the power of forgiveness. — Caroline Myss

Some things that are invisible and untouchable can nevertheless be seen and felt. — Michael Chabon

The issue of innovation never interested me personally, since I believe it may lead to a place where people don't paint anymore. — Ed Askew

We do not, after all, deal in truths, only potentialities. Too much truth can be worse than death, and last longer. — Richard Ford

Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves. — Colin Powell

Another great example of the power of vulnerability
this time in a corporation
is the leadership approach taken by Lululemon's CEO, Christine Day. In a video interview with CNN Money, Day explained that she was once a very bright, smart executive who "majored in being right." Her transformation came when she realized that getting people to engage and take ownership wasn't about "the teling" but about letting them come into the idea in a purpose-led way, and that her job was creating the space for others to perform. She chracterized this change as the shift from "having the best idea or problem solving" to "being the best leader of people. — Brene Brown

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal! — Brene Brown

Cool is the emotional straightjacket. It makes us less available for connection which makes us less equipped for leadership roles. — Brene Brown

Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd,-wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse. — John Milton

People read with their ears, whether they know it or not, — William Zinsser

JPMorgan was already, for the most part. Our businesses at JPMorgan share the same cash-management systems. The commercial bank, the private bank, the retail bank, they all use the branches. The cash-management system moves the money around the world - for global corporations, and for you, the consumer, too. — Jamie Dimon

Happiness is a way of traveling and not a destination — Robert Cormier

The good news is that Christ frees us from the need to obnoxiously focus on our goodness, our commitment, and our correctness. Religious has made us obsessive almost beyond endurance. Jesus invited us to a dance ... and we've turned in into a march of soldiers, always checking to see if we're doing it right and are in step and in line with the other soldiers. We know a dance would be more fun, but we believe we must go through hell to get to heaven, so we keep marching. — Steve Brown

She shrugged noncommittally. "Not bad."
Kyle scoffed. "Not bad? Counselor, there are two things I've got mad skills at: And computer science is the other one. — Julie James