The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability.
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I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human.
I think one's relationship with one's vulnerability is a very delicate and precious relationship. Most people try to hide, disguise that vulnerability, and in doing that, you, I think, diminish a great source of power.
The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.
In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.
Rather than constantly questioning and challenging our beliefs and being willing to think differently about the opportunities that are out there, we withdraw into what we've done before. And in a world that's rapidly changing, that's a formula for vulnerability.
Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.
Sometimes if you expose your vulnerability, someone else will feel comforted. It's like we're all in this boat together.
There has to be a balance between power and vulnerability. That's something I feel I have in my own life, something I struggle with and - on a good day - like about myself.
The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead; never let up.
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