Brené Brown
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And he just, he dropped a giant F-bomb in the middle of a sentence and everybody just stopped and stared.
And he said, like, do you think I don't know these words as a person of color?
Person of color.
It was his line.
It was so well-timed, and it just took the tension out of the room.
And he was humanizing himself and saying, hey, I'm actually one of you, even though I wear this collar.
It's so beautiful.
I swear.
That's so well put.
And I think it describes one of his greatest virtues.
Did you happen to catch him on SmartList recently?
It was a masterclass in improv comedy.
I think I've listened to it three times.
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.