Notes:
The Verbivore read a famous quote at the beginning of the episode that’s attributed to Joseph Campbell. Here are those words:
- The cave you fear to enter hold the treasure you seek.
We also mention a connected quote from Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead. That quote is:
- As you think about your own path to daring leadership, remember Joseph Campbell's wisdom: "The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." Own the fear, find the cave, and write a new ending for yourself, for the people you're meant to serve and support, and for your culture. Choose courage over comfort. Choose whole hearts over armor. And choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid - at the same time.
We also share a quote from Shonda Rhime’s book Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person. Those words are as follows:
- Every “yes” changes something in me. Every “yes” is a bit more transformative. Every “yes” sparks some new phase of revolution.
The Verbivore talks a little about fear and excitement feeling similar, and re-framing fear as excitement. This is known in the scientific community as anxiety reappraisal, and studies have supported that individual performance in a task improves when we tell ourselves “I am excited” rather than “I am affraid”. The Ted Talk “You Are Contagious” by Vanessa Van Edwards discusses this study starting at timestamp 16:32.
Here are a few articles and videos we referenced for this conversation:
- Wanderlust Article “Why You Should Try New Things” by Maggie Peikon
- LifeHack.org Article “14 Reasons To Always Try New Things in Life” by Jacqueline T. Hill
- Betterup Article “5 ways to cultivate a beginner’s mind (and stay open to the possibility)” by Maggie Wooll
- YouTube Video “My year of saying yes to everything | Shonda Rhimes | TEDTalk”
- YouTube Video “How Saying Yes Can Change Your Life: Mark Zmarzly at TEDxLincoln”
- YouTube Video “The Power of Yes | Kwame Alexander | TEDxHerndon”
Books and Films Mentioned:
- Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brené Brown
- Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
Music from: https://filmmusic.io
‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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