by Kare Anderson | Mar 21, 2020 | Article, behavior, Connecting, influence, Leadership, Likeability, Values
Perhaps one of the most vulnerable of moments is when someone criticizes you. If the person who criticizes you knows you well, and if she makes their comments in front of other people, she can cut deep. The scalpel of her comments can be surgically rapid and close to...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 27, 2019 | Article, behavior
First Ask Rather Than Tell “Have you or a friend, or family member ever had an MRI or CT scan?” Asking that three-part question pulls listeners into relating that topic to their life. Sam Horn, author of Got Your Attention?, suggests that such questions are more...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 12, 2019 | Article, behavior, Caring, community, Connecting, contagion, entertainment, Friendship, Likeability, Listening, mutuality, Play, Sharing
One memorable early December some startled neighbors who were out walking by our home when we were, asked why we were carrying a fully-decorated Christmas tree up our steep uphill street in Sausalito, towards our home. Upon hearing our story, Martin, Jim, Ingrid,...
by Kare Anderson | Nov 4, 2019 | Article, behavior, Collective Intelligence
“No gesture is too small when done with gratitude,” wrote Oprah Winfrey. After a decade of research for his best selling book, Give and Take, Wharton professor of management, Adam Grant said this powerfully simple practice was his favorite idea. It won’t cost you...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 30, 2019 | Article, behavior, Choice, Connecting, Friendship, Learning, mutuality matters, Tribe, Values
After being honored in a tribute at the Kennedy Center in 2013 the renowned musician, Carlos Santana, was interviewed by several eager reporters. He was often asked about the musicians he most admired, the turning points in his life and how it felt to be popular...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 4, 2019 | Article, behavior, Connecting, contagion, decisionmaking
What are the coincidences that startle you? No one in Beatrice, Nebraska, will forget what happened just prior to church choir practice on March 1, 1950. All fifteen members of the choir were due at practice at 7:30 p.m. The minister, his wife, and their daughter were...
