“The man in the arena…”

I wrote a few days ago about the Brené Brown course I am taking.  The cornerstone of the whole thing is this famous quote from a speech by Theodore Roosevelt about the struggles by the ‘man in the arena’.

I love this poster by Gavin Aung Than, aka Zen Pencils, which sums up Brené’s passion and commitment to the cause of daring greatly.

You can see her original TED talk here, which was really the start of everything.

And check out this brilliant animated clip of Brené talking about empathy. Her expertise, humanity and humour come pouring through.