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Takeaways from interview with Pippa Grange

Here are a few takeaways from the8 Interview with Pippa Grange, on the Dare to Lead podcast by Brenè Brown : 1. We need to learn to surrender to the journey to truly enjoy it, instead of learning to control it. 2. Two fears are highlighted in our lives: fear of death and fear of abandonment: which is translated as fear of rejection and not being good enough.  3. Instead of human beings performing, we have become performative which means that we don't know how to not perform. The nagging pressure to perform takes away from who we are. It produces anxiety as our lives are commodified.  4. Fear of not being good enough has its upsides: it may drive you and keep you focused but its down sides are quite significant: the anxiety it produces makes us lose our mindfulness, conviction and courage. Its a lazy tool for motivation. 5. Failure is hard to get over when our performance is tied with our self-worth. Your results are just an outcome, they are not who you are.  6. Shallow w...