The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED

So, I'll start with this: a couple years ago, an event planner called me because I was going to do a speaking event.

And she called, and she said, "I'm really struggling with how to write about you on the little flyer."

And I thought, "Well, what's the struggle?"

And she said, "Well, I saw you speak, and I'm going to call you a researcher, I think, but I'm afraid if I call you a researcher, no one will come, because

they'll think you're boring and irrelevant."

(Laughter) And I was like, "Okay."

And she said, "But the thing I liked about your talk is you're a storyteller.

So I think what I'll do is just call you a storyteller."

And of course, the academic, insecure part of me was like, "You're going to call me a what?"

And she said, "I'm going to call you a storyteller."