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The pile is a metaphor for my day.

I spent over an hour on social media, avoiding this book. When I returned to it, I still just didn‘t care. I just wanted it to be over. Then I realised, I could make it be over right now. So, it‘s over. It‘s not for me. It might be for you. I don‘t know. Maybe it would be for me at a different time. That time is not now, though.
#ReshmaSaujani #BraveNotPerfect #ReadByTheAuthor

Ugh, can we stop with this BS?! This is doing just as much damage, especially to girls, as the “grit” fad before it. It blames YOU if you fail, never the person teaching you or a source being unclear. You failed, it‘s on you. Try harder. 🙄 This is damaging to girls. It‘s damaging to minorities. Can we just stop this? It breaks my heart that a minority woman trying to encourage women and girls is perpetuating this absolute nonsense.

I feel like it‘s time for this.
#ReshmaSaujani #BraveNotPerfect #ReadByTheAuthor

This book‘s heart is in the right place. But the message is one we‘ve heard many times before. (Did you know that boys & girls are socialized differently?!) The phrase “brave not perfect” is a great rallying cry. But, there isn‘t anything else that is new here.

This was good and I found the message extremely applicable. However, as I have found with all self help books I‘ve read, it was just too repetitive. I think if this were an essay it would have been more effective.

I found it repetitive with some broad unscientific claims. I understand the obsession for perfection that many people have but it‘s not just females. There is a fine line between being the best you can be and striving for perfection. There is bravery everywhere that underlies doing the right thing. Just my opinion even though it may be an unpopular one.

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This was good. Nothing earth shattering. I do see how women do fall prey to the need to be perfect, and in some respects I fall victim to it myself, but maybe not to the extent of some. I had a rough year with a lot of rejection and it is hard to keep putting myself out there again and again. This was definitely motivational.

I didn‘t want it to end. Useful

This...

Reading this after Melinda Gates's Moment of Lift has got me all kinds of inspired. Whew!

Many good takeaways depending on your perspective. The long-lasting damage of sheltering girls from failure and allowing them to feel pressured into perfection is something we need to change ASAP. And women have got to stop nitpicking and comparing ourselves to each other. Support, uplift, go do that terrifying risky thing.

Great audiobook for exercise!

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@OriginalCyn620

...with a stray Halloween card in the background...

#redcover

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Currently listening to BRAVE, NOT PERFECT and I feel attacked
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Echo! Just listen
The astonishing maybe my life next door
All the ways home, where the heart is
Brave, not perfect

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#red #colormepretty @Sweetkokoro

Do you ever see another person reading nearby and wonder, “What are they reading?” I‘m at a show, and a nearby woman is reading the tagged book. It‘s the only book in view. #ThisIsSpinalTap #35thAnniversary #TribecaFilmFestival #BeaconTheater

This book has punched me in the face so many times already. Just one call-our after another, but...I need it. So. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #bravenotperfect #fearlessfailmorelivebolder #reshmasaujani

Today‘s read should be quick but enjoyable, and beneficial. (This is totally a mantra I need to adopt, because I am SUCH a perfectionist, and get really stressed out about not being up-to-snuff.) #bravenotperfect #fearlessfailmorelivebolder #reshmasaujani

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Any one else have to listen to music while reading? I can‘t focus when the world is too quiet. 🤫

I really liked that this book was short and hard hitting. It's as if the author knows her audience don't want to spend a few hours reading all the extra fluff it would take to make the book 300 pages, and I appreciated that (not all books are as considerate).
I'm sure this book will resonate with lots of women and I hope the message gets through to all people that it's better to be brave than perfect.

The author's Ted Talk and Girls Who Code movement are awesome. I struggled with the book a bit because I'm not convinced everyone struggles with the need to be perfect. The book did give perspective on how many boys and girls are raised and expected to behave. The best take away was flexing your brave muscle. A quick read if you need a kick in the pants.

This book is so damn good and necessary.