Daring Greatly

Researcher Brene Brown argues that vulnerability, the uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure of everyday life, is not a weakness but the clearest route to courage, engagement and connection. Drawing on twelve years of research, she looks at shame and feelings of unworthiness, the ways people shield themselves from vulnerability, the price of shutting down, and how to build shame resilience. Her examples range from new relationships and important meetings to creative work and hard family conversations. The title comes from Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 speech Citizenship in a Republic, and the book became a New York Times bestseller after its 2012 release.

Mark Manson ranks it among the best self-help books and calls it Brown's strongest, showing what her ideas on vulnerability look like in practice.