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The Gifts of Imperfection

The inspiring bestseller on wholehearted living, from the author of Dare to Lead and Braving the Wilderness

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The Gifts of Imperfection

By: Brené Brown
Narrated by: Brené Brown
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The tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller, featuring a new foreword.


For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveller. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh and, on occasion, cry with you. And what's now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe.

What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Brené writes, "This book is an invitation to join a wholehearted revolution. A small, quiet, grassroots movement that starts with each of us saying, 'My story matters because I matter.' Revolution might sound a little dramatic, but in this world, choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance."

© Brené Brown 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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I bought the book again as it had been a while since I’d listened to it and although the previous narrator was good, I really wanted to hear Brené reading her own words. It didn’t disappoint. The concepts in the book are so simple it makes you wonder why you haven’t properly integrated them into your life before. But Brené packages it in a way that is refreshing and makes you breathe a sigh of relief. You won’t regret listening to it.

Love hearing Brené read it this time!

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This book is one of the great books that inspires and really challenges you at the same time.. all in a very positive way. I needed this; although many books lead you on the right path; this book woke up really difficult things that I really needed to address... highly recommend

Inspiring, deeply emotive at times but incredibly positive

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Great read. Great messages… Examples were very often focused on American social and political norms / problems… Although much is transferrable to those of us outside of the US… it is not always super easy to see the relevance or parallels in our own social systems… more diversity would have been nice… I think we could learn a lot from sharing our social / political mistakes…

Great but Ami-centric

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I got so much from this book which shone a light into dark dake places of my soul.

Insightful

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it might be 10 years old but this work is very relevant to today's world!! very impressive!!

Another epic body of work from this writer!!

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