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The Power of Vulnerability – Brene Brown
Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability?language=en
Resolutions for failure
https://acrlog.org/2019/02/01/resolutions-for-failure/
Failure is an Option or When Things Go Wrong
https://acrlog.org/2017/06/15/failure-is-an-option-or-when-things-go-wrong/
Getting to “Good enough”: thoughts on perfectionism: https://www.samsearle.net/2018/04/perfectionism.html
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Heinbach, C., Fiedler, B.P., Mitola, R. and Pattni, E.,Dismantling Deficit Thinking: A strengths-based inquiry into the experiences oftransfer students in and out of academic libraries. In the Library with theLead Pipe http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/dismantling-deficit-thinking/
Incorporating failure into library instruction https://acrlog.org/2010/12/22/incorporating-failure-into-library-instruction/
Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook : Essays and Workbook Activities – Chapter 15. Queering Library Instruction for Composition: Embracing the Failure
Failure can be a hard thing to talk about so in case anyone wants to share reflections, resources and/or tips on failure anonymously beforehand or if you can’t make it, you can share via this private padlet (only available to people with the link) – make sure you’re not logged into padlet before posting if you want to ensure anonymity https://padlet.com/c_ohanlon/failure
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