Brené Brown
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Definitely.
Well, I think we were, I was starting to wonder if we were in the middle of it.
So I'll tell you the original story and then we can connect the dots.
Don't be too nervous.
I think the sooner you recognize it, the easier it is to escape it.
So go back half a century.
It's a scorching hot day in Texas.
A family decides they're going to take a long drive, and their car does not have air conditioning.
But they want to go out to dinner.
They decide to take the drive to Abilene, which I had never heard of.
You apparently have.
Anyway, yeah, they take the drive.
They have dinner.
They drive back.
The whole thing is a four-hour trip.
And they're all overheated, they're exhausted.
And they just sit there in silence.
They can't even say a word.
And then one of them starts venting about just how unpleasant the whole experience was.
And they start pointing fingers.