More than I can remember, women in particular made comments about being brave, only because they couldn't imagine their heads without hair.

-- Caroline McHugh

Bravery = doing what you can't imagine doing or being what you can't imagine being

Doing what you can't imagine doing or being what you can't imagine being => goals that your subconscious mind cares about

That's what I've always been fighting for - making sure that people love themselves for who they are, and we don't pick on people because we're uncomfortable with ourselves, or who they are. That's been my message, from when I was young to now. There are lots of young girls out there who are struggling with their identities... afraid of being discriminated against or teased. I take risks and use my imagination so that other people will feel free and take risks. That's my hope.

-- Janelle Monae

Excerpt from an article on Janelle Monae

Monae is clear that she makes her artistic decisions to give others courage to break out of the norm. She says: "That's what I've always been fighting for - making sure that people love themselves for who they are, and we don't pick on people because we're uncomfortable with ourselves, or who they are. That's been my message, from when I was young to now. There are lots of young girls out there who are struggling with their identities… afraid of being discriminated against or teased. I take risks and use my imagination so that other people will feel free and take risks. That's my hope."

-- io9

Excerpt from an article on Janelle Monae

Monae is clear that she makes her artistic decisions to give others courage to break out of the norm.

-- io9

Excerpt from an article on Janelle Monae. The fact that she makes the clarity an important aspect of her art is commendable.

Monae is working with her collective, the Wondaland Arts Society, to carve out a space for us all to be brave enough to be ourselves. The word "weirdo" shows up in many of her songs. In "Faster:" Am I a freak? Or just another little weirdo? Call me weak, or better yet – you can call me your hero, baby. It also comes up in her history; when she was 12, she was in a band called The Weirdoz.

-- io9

Excerpt from an article on Janelle Monae

Monae is working with her collective, the Wondaland Arts Society, to carve out a space for us all to be brave enough to be ourselves. The word "weirdo" shows up in many of her songs.

-- io9

Excerpt from an article on Janelle Monae

Monae is working with her collective, the Wondaland Arts Society, to carve out a space for us all to be brave enough to be ourselves.

-- io9

Excerpt from an article on Janelle Monae

Janelle Monae turns rhythm and blues into science fiction

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5592174/janelle-monae-turns-rhythm-and-blues-into-science-fiction

-- io9

I realized that she had not just faked it till she made it, she had actually faked it till she became it. So she had changed. And so I want to say to you, don't fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it. Do it enough until you actually become it and internalize.

-- Amy Cuddy

I was so afraid of being found out the next day that I called her and said, "I'm quitting." She was like, "You are not quitting, because I took a gamble on you, and you're staying. You're going to stay, and this is what you're going to do. You are going to fake it. You're going to do every talk that you ever get asked to do. You're just going to do it and do it and do it, even if you're terrified and just paralyzed and having an out-of-body experience, until you have this moment where you say, 'Oh my gosh, I'm doing it. Like, I have become this. I am actually doing this.'" So that's what I did. Five years in grad school, a few years, you know, I'm at Northwestern, I moved to Harvard, I'm at Harvard, I'm not really thinking about it anymore, but for a long time I had been thinking, "Not supposed to be here."

-- Amy Cuddy

La Timidité, Cette Excuse Foireuse Qui Vous Empêche D’Avancer Avec Les Femmes !

http://www.artdeseduire.com/videos-seduction/la-timidite-cette-excuse-foireuse-qui-vous-empeche-davancer-avec-les-femmes

-- Art de Séduire

Ce fut aussi compliqué à écrire, pour une question de forme. Je ne suis jamais sûre d'arriver au bout. Et j'ai toujours cette angoisse de ne plus y arriver... Quand j'écris, j'ai une petite voix qui revient pour me dire, "c'est mauvais, ce que tu fais". Enfin, ce n'est pas nouveau.

-- Delphine de Vigan

Ces mots viennent en réponse à la question suivante posée lors d'une interview à propos de son nouveau livre "D'après une histoire vraie" : Vous aviez confié dans "Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit" combien l'écriture vous avait éprouvée. Ecrire ce dernier roman fut un soulagement ?

The way of transformation, Karl Gras von Durkheim

http://www.katinkahesselink.net/sufi/durkheim-transformation.html

-- Katinka Hesselink.net

Flying From Cancer Grantland Features

BASE Jumper Beats Cancer

http://slice.mit.edu/2015/05/27/base/

-- Slice of MIT

For all their practice, preparation and confidence, even the best competitors in every sport have a voice of doubt inside them that says they are not good enough. I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.

-- Serena Williams

Serena Williams: I’m Going Back to Indian Wells

http://time.com/3694659/serena-williams-indian-wells/

-- Time

To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.

-- Denzel Washington

Life loves those who dare to live. If you're afraid to change you may never grow.

-- Anonymous

Thanks to Evelyn

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.
Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.

-- Brené Brown