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“We each have the choice in any setting to step back and let go of the mindset of scarcity. Once we let go of scarcity, we discover the surprising truth of sufficiency. By sufficiency, I don’t mean a quantity of anything. Sufficiency isn’t two steps up from poverty or one step short of abundance…” quote by Brené Brown
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““We each have the choice in any setting to step back and let go of the mindset of scarcity. Once we let go of scarcity, we discover the surprising truth of sufficiency. By sufficiency, I don’t mean a quantity of anything. Sufficiency isn’t two steps up from poverty or one step short of abundance. It isn’t a measure of barely enough or more than enough. Sufficiency isn’t an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough. Sufficiency resides inside of each of us, and we can call it forward. It is a consciousness, an attention, an intentional choosing of the way we think about our circumstances.3””

Brené Brown

About This Quote

This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.

Promotes shifting from scarcity mindset to sufficiency, seeing abundance as an internal experience.

In simple terms: Choose abundance over lack.

Key Takeaway

Adopt a sufficiency mindset.

Themes

mindset abundance self‑acceptance

Mood

hopeful empowering

Type

motivational psychological

When to use this quote

  • personal development
  • leadership
  • coaching

Key Concepts

psychology well‑being

Questions to Reflect On

  • How can you notice sufficiency daily?
  • What practices foster an abundance mindset?
A Different Perspective

Sufficiency may feel unrealistic during hardship.

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