Blog #3
How can you apply her ideas toward your persistence in STEM, and inspire others to persist? Brene Brown's Daring Greatly book has significantly impacted my academic and mental life. One of the ideas she proposes in her book is understanding and combating shame. When I started reading the chapter, I felt disconnected and somewhat like "shame" is not something I worry about too much in life. However, as I kept reading, I realized that I felt shame, and as we were discussing it in class, I discovered a lot of us feel it. We are vulnerable, and it is okay to be. The idea of being able to admit that I am vulnerable suddenly became "not scary." Furthermore, as I read the next chapter, I learned about the vulnerability armory. How do we react when we feel vulnerable? Is it good or bad? Why do we respond like this? What can be changed? Brown talks about practicing gratitude, and when she describes gratitude, she does not necessarily mean to only practice it towards oth...