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📫 Fear & Arenas – Weekend Words #059
Powerful reminders for a smarter weekend
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Happy Saturday. Your weekend words are: fear and arenas.
“I've learned tremendously from people who define their lives by finding the most authentic version of themselves rather than climbing a ladder of success—financial or otherwise—that was programmed for them. Unfortunately, it often takes an amount of privilege to live life in this way. But I also find many of us who do have some financial privilege, like me, are still too stuck in fear to veer off script.”
—Ruchika Malhotra, Uncompete
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“If you are not in the arena getting your ass kicked on occasion, I’m not interested in or open to your feedback. There are a million cheap seats in the world today filled with people who will never be brave with their lives but who will spend every ounce of energy they have hurling advice and judgment at those who dare greatly. Their only contributions are criticism, cynicism, and fearmongering. If you’re criticizing from a place where you’re not also putting yourself on the line, I’m not interested in what you have to say.”
—Brené Brown, Dare to Lead
More from the author in our word of the week: Authenticity
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