Some of the most experienced and seasoned mapmakers have become travellers building the bridge as they go across it. So much of working life now requires navigating change and trying new things.
But to only pay attention to the feedback of the people who are also slogging it out in the arena, not the ones heckling from the cheap seats. It's also about accepting that a consequence of going into the arena is, as Brené puts it, "getting your ass kicked". This could be anything from speaking up in a meeting, asking a colleague for help, pitching a new idea, or trying a new way of working. It varies from person to person, and from day to day. The arena is any space that requires courage to enter and be seen.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly who errs, who comes short again and again.who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly " Here are some of the lessons that have stayed with me:īrené uses a shortened version of a Theodore Roosevelt quote, often referred to as The Man in the Arena, to compliment her work on courage: " It is not the critic who counts not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The experience catalysed a series of changes in my life that - through the willingness to be more vulnerable - led to a more wholehearted way of living, including: changing careers to do something I was really passionate about being a better leader and colleague come out at work and have more self compassion. The workshop was facilitated by two incredible coaches, Ade Adeniji and Darren Brady, who trained with Brené in Texas. I read all of Brené's books and sign up to a three day experiential workshop called The Daring Greatly™ Workshop based on her work. I took a couple of weeks off work (thanks to some wonderfully compassionate Directors) and accepted that I had to make some mindset changes if I wanted to achieve certain things that were important to me in my professional and personal life. They changed the course of my life.Īt the time, I had mentally exhausted myself through unsustainable working practices (long hours, working weekends, "perfectionism", saying yes to everything, not asking for help) and subtle but damaging negative self talk. I watched her TED talks on The Power of Vulnerability and Listening to Shame. Part I: Be who you needed when you were younger.
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