by Kare Anderson | May 6, 2012 | behavior, Book, Caring
“When you throw mud you get dirty,” Adlai Stephenson once remarked in response to a question about whether he would criticize his opponent who was launching vicious, personal attacks against him in a political campaign. And you lose ground. Yet many politicos say...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 8, 2012 | behavior, decisionmaking
1. Don’t Get Anchored Down How would you answer these two questions? 1. Is the population of Turkey greater than 35 million? 2. What’s your best estimate of Turkey’s population? Actually the sequence of the questions contaminates your answer. If you are like...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 20, 2012 | behavior, Book
Five men are walking across the Golden Gate Bridge on an outing organized by their wives who are college friends. The women move ahead in animated conversation. One man describes the engineering involved in the bridge’s long suspension. Another points to the changing...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 14, 2012 | behavior, Caring, cause
Marie Beckinger was driving home from grocery shopping when a bank robber in a dented pickup truck streaked through a red light. He was attempting to escape a trailing police car. He struck the passenger’s side of Marie’s car where her infant, Gabriel, was buckled...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 3, 2012 | Connecting, Likeability, Visual
“Your face is my map to your life.” ~ Harry Houdini, magician We are all literally and unwittingly two-faced. To learn more about how you present yourself to the world and about your underlying, more “private” feelings, you just have to look...
