Vulnerability: a one-way road

Finally. Finally someone has dared to write about the issue of mental illness in the workplace. Rob Lachenauer wrote an excellent blog post at the HBR on his experience and his thoughts.

Prejudice, fear, lack of information and understanding, make this topic taboo. As a former therapist and also someone who has had her share of challenges with depression, I have many reasons to like this post. Yet what impressed me most is the author’s current practice with candidates: if they cannot share some vulnerability, they are out.

Coincidentally, just before I read this article, the topic of today's class was about Trust; of course, we couldn’t not discuss about Vulnerability too.

"Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty. Don’t mask or deny your vulnerability:  it is your greatest asset. Be vulnerable:  quake and shake in your boots with it. The new goodness that is coming to you, in the form of people, situations, and things can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open."
                                                                              Stephen Russell

                     Barefoot Doctor's Guide to the Tao:
A Spiritual Handbook for the Urban Warrior