{"id":2538,"date":"2012-10-19T02:17:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T07:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2012-10-19T02:18:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T07:18:00","slug":"on-being-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/10\/19\/on-being-vulnerable","title":{"rendered":"On being vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/5e4c1138-186a-11e2-80af-00144feabdc0.html#axzz29j1Bu3jO\">Time to open up at the office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Vulnerability means opening yourself to hurt. And as hurt is something that hurts, opening yourself to it is something best avoided.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To risk getting hurt is brave. To act invulnerable is not.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The single most important difference between people who can connect and those who can\u2019t is their willingness to be vulnerable.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Leaves me a lot to think about. I generally believe in having tall walls. Time to follow the work of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brenebrown.com\/\">Bren\u00e9 Brown<\/a> clearly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Videos: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html\">The Power of Vulnerability<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html\">Listening to Shame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20On%20being%20vulnerable&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2012%2F10%2F19%2Fon-being-vulnerable&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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