# Read the first page of Dare to Lead by Brené Brown Read the opening of Dare to Lead by Brené Brown free, no signup. Research based practices for leading with courage, clarity, vulnerability, and trust. - Page: https://uncovered.ink/read/dare-to-lead-brene-brown - Genre: Leadership - Year: 2018 - ISBN: 9781473562523 - Read it blind (cover and title hidden): https://uncovered.ink/?b=9781473562523&s=read-page - Buy: https://bookshop.org/a/125786/9781473562523 - Borrow: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=9781473562523 ## The opening @@CHAP@@ introduction @@CHAP@@ BRAVE LEADERS AND COURAGE CULTURES I HAVE ONE deceptively simple and somewhat selfish goal for this book: I desperately want to share everything I’ve learned with you. I want to take my two decades of research and my experiences inside hundreds of organizations to give you a practical, no-BS, actionable book about what it takes to be a daring leader. I say “deceptively simple” because the data informing what’s presented in this book are the culmination of: Interview data collected over the past twenty years New research including interviews with 150 global C-level (and sea-level) leaders on the future of leadership Program evaluation research from our Brave Leaders Inc. courage-building work Data collected during a three-year instrument development study on daring leadership Coding and making sense of 400,000 pieces of data is already complex, and the more committed I am to translating the data into actionable, research-based practices, the more painstakingly precise I need to be with the data and the more testing I need to do. The selfish part of my goal stems from wanting to be a better leader myself. Over the past five years, I’ve transitioned from research professor to research professor and founder and CEO. The first hard and humbling lesson? Regardless of the complexity of the concepts, studying leadership is way easier than leading. When I think about my personal experiences with leading over the past few years, the only endeavors that have required the same level of self-awareness and equally high-level “comms plans” are being married for twenty-four years and parenting. And that’s saying something. I completely underestimated the pull on my emotional bandwidth, the sheer determination it takes to stay calm under pressure, and the weight of continuous problem solving and decision making. Oh, yeah—and the sleepless nights. My other quasi-selfish goal is this: I want to live in a world with braver, bolder leaders, and I want to be able to pass that kind of world on to my children. I define a leader as anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential. From corporations, nonprofits, and public sector organizations to governments, activist groups, schools, and faith communities, we desperately need more leaders who are committed to courageous, wholehearted leadership and who are self-aware enough to lead from their hearts, rather than unevolved leaders who lead from hurt and fear. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover, and I told Steve that I wanted to write a book that would change how the reader thinks about leading, would result in at least one meaningful behavior change, and could be read cover to cover on one flight. He laughed and asked, “Houston to Singapore?” He knows that’s the longest flight I’ve ever endured (Moscow was just halfway). I smiled and said, “No. New York to L.A. With a short delay.” @@CHAP@@ Brave Leaders and Courage Cultures I’ve always been told, “Write what you need to read.” What I need as a leader, and what every leader I’ve worked with over the past several years has asked for, is a practical playbook for putting the lessons from Daring Greatly and Rising Strong into action. There are even a few learnings from Braving the Wilderness that can help us create a culture of belonging at work. If you’ve read these books, expect some familiar lessons with new context, stories, tools, and examples related to our work lives. If you haven’t read these books—no problem. I’ll cover everything you need to know. The language, tools, and skills described in these chapters require courage and serious practice. Yet they are straightforward and, I believe, accessible and actionable to everyone holding this book. The barriers and obstacles to daring leadership are real and sometimes fierce. But what I’ve learned from both the research and my own life is that as long as we name them, stay curious, and keep showing up, they don’t have the power to stop us from being brave. ## Books with a similar feel - [Start with Why by Simon Sinek](https://uncovered.ink/read/start-with-why-simon-sinek.md) - [Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty](https://uncovered.ink/read/think-like-a-monk-jay-shetty.md) - [Lean In for Graduates by Sheryl Sandberg](https://uncovered.ink/read/lean-in-for-graduates-sheryl-sandberg.md) - [Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://uncovered.ink/read/big-magic-elizabeth-gilbert.md) - [Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven](https://uncovered.ink/read/make-your-bed-admiral-william-h-mcraven.md) - [How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie](https://uncovered.ink/read/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people-dale-carnegie.md) --- Source: Uncovered (https://uncovered.ink). A short sample shown for reading and discovery. 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