Vulnerability and confirmation bias

Vulnerability challenges your confirmation bias.

It is uncomfortable to ask questions, express your opinion, or open up about your emotions with people. You expose yourself to their criticism and judgment, but you also expose yourself to answers and opposing views. And this is a lot more beneficial than stagnating in the comfort of what you already know.

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Why Vulnerability Is So Important

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How Being Vulnerable Can Expand Your World

"What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful." ~Brene Brown Vulnerability has never been my strong suit. It's no wonder. In order to be vulnerable, you have to be okay with all of you. That's the thing about vulnerability that no one tells you about.

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Being vulnerable expands your world

Vulnerability is so much easier when you love yourself. You'll be less afraid of rejection, you step right into that place of openness.
Vulnerability takes practice.&nbs...

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The Science of Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone (and Why You Should)

You've seen inspirational quotes that encourage you to get out and do something strange-something you wouldn't normally do-but getting out of your routine just takes so much work. There's actually a lot of science that explains why it's so hard to break out of your comfort zone, and why it's good for you when you do it.

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The Science of Your "Comfort Zone"

Your comfort zone is a behavioral space where your activities and behaviors fit a routine and pattern that minimizes stress and risk. That provides a state of mental security.

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Optimal Anxiety

A state of relative comfort created a steady level of performance. In order to maximize performance, a state of relative anxiety is needed—a space where our stress levels are slightly higher than normal. This space is called "Optimal Anxiety," and it's just outside our comfort zone.

Too much anxiety and we're too stressed to be productive, and our performance drops off sharply.

Making Sense Of Your Comfort Zone

Your comfort zone is neither a good or bad thing. It's a natural state that most people trend towards.
Leaving it means increased risk and anxiety, which can have positive and negative results.
Don't demonize your comfort zone as something holding you back. We all need that head-space where we're least anxious and stressed so we can process the benefits we get when we leave it.

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The Real Secret To Intimacy (and Why It Scares Us)

Why is falling in love scary? Why do people often shut down in the face of intimacy? Because of an intense fear of vulnerability. Brené Brown of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, explains this phenomenon: "Vacillating between I am here and I love you...

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The secret to a successful relationship

Research shows that vulnerability is the quality that makes a relationship last.

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Why we fear vulnerability

We are afraid we will be rejected if someone finds out who we really are.

When someone is inauthentic, we naturally know they are "fake" people.

Research suggests sticking to the truth improves relationships and may help us overcome negative emotions faster.

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