Mom's Audible Audition

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Description

I will read to get the meaning of the author across to the listener. I like to inspire and be inspired without too many dramatics.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

North American (Canadian - West) North American (General)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
the phrase daring greatly is from Theodore Roosevelt's speech Citizenship in the Republic. The speech, sometimes referred to as the man in the arena, was delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23rd 1910. This is the passage that made the speech famous. It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood. Who strives valiantly, who? Heirs who come short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deeds. Who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who, at the worst if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. The first time I read this quote, I thought, This is vulnerability. Everything I've learned from over a decade of research on vulnerability has taught me this exact lesson. Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat. It's understanding the necessity of both. It's engaging. It's being all in vulnerability is not weakness. And the uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose. The level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection. When we spend ourselves waiting until we're perfect or bulletproof before we walk into the arena, we ultimately sacrifice relationships and opportunities that may not be recoverable. We squander our precious time and we turn our backs on our gifts, those unique contributions that only we can make perfect and bulletproof for seductive. But they don't exist in the human experience. We must walk into the arena, whatever it may be. A new relationship on important meeting, our creative process or a difficult family conversation with courage and the willingness to engage rather than sitting on the sidelines and hurling judgment and advice, we must dare to show up and let ourselves be seen. This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly