When you turn onNetflixthis week, youll see an entirely new kind of special.
Its not quite a documentary, its definitely not stand-up, but its somewhere in-between.
Brene BrownsThe Call to Courageis a bit of an anomaly in the most Brene way possible.
Think of it as a Ted Talk, but supersized.
I cant be on the road all the time.
And she admits herself that some of the offers she gets are very shiny and exciting.
But she uses a very specific filter.
Its not about me, its does it serve the work?
And you know, Netflix is in 190-plus countries.
There is nothing that will ever serve the work like this.
Its also guaranteed to amplify her stardom even more.
Shes famously a self-professed introvert, so putting herself out there on such a large platform certainly presents challenges.
A couple times its been weirdly mob-y, but only in places youd expect like Whole Foods.
Its a hard question.
But how do you self-protect?
Oh my God, the Netflix special is vulnerability to me, she exclaims.
And its not just the Netflix special, its everything that goes along with it.
The billboards, the press stuff, thats really hard for me.
Like a photo shoot oh man, that is just brutally vulnerable.
Its vulnerability inching into shame attack.
Its just the latest in her many pinch-me life moments.
Theres a billboard of me on Wilshire Boulevard, she says, wide-eyed.
I almost passed out.
I have my daughter with me, everyone in the car was screaming.
I was on the floorboard.
