Many experiences and mostly good ones. The upside of such sharing is that the receiver feels invited to likewise open up. The downside is that this "reciprocation" can be misused or manipulated (the sharer is only being vulnerable in order to get the other person to open up.) As a leader, I once shared that I had no passion, nor vision for ministry and was simply going through the motions... and at a time when I could have been the most effective in leadership. The listener responded with encouraging words that are my desk in full sight to this day (25 years later!!)
Great illustration David. Vulnerability as any other interaction needs to be appropriated to the context. Thanks for bringing perspective on that.
How have you experience the benefit of being vulnerable and do you have cases when that was misunderstood?
Many experiences and mostly good ones. The upside of such sharing is that the receiver feels invited to likewise open up. The downside is that this "reciprocation" can be misused or manipulated (the sharer is only being vulnerable in order to get the other person to open up.) As a leader, I once shared that I had no passion, nor vision for ministry and was simply going through the motions... and at a time when I could have been the most effective in leadership. The listener responded with encouraging words that are my desk in full sight to this day (25 years later!!)
Hahhahah wanted to correct you