by Kare Anderson | Mar 5, 2016 | behavior
Breandan and Emma, a couple up the hill from me in Sausalito, have been married 54 years, they proudly told me last year. They walked, hand in hand, past my home each morning, usually laughing, smiling and pointing out new flower blossoms and other things along the...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 4, 2016 | behavior, Customer, decisionmaking
You have probably been offered a loyalty card at some drugstore, car wash, coffee shop or other outlet you frequently use. When designed right, they can become one of your lowest-cost ways to lure customers back . Plus such cards can boost loyalty, bragging rights and...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 24, 2016 | behavior, Caring, contagion
For many years when I was growing up my parents took what some Brits call an evening constitutional – a walk. They strolled, often hand in hand, around the neighborhood – just the two of them. Sometimes, they talked. Other evenings they said little, so I am told. Yet...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 2, 2016 | behavior, Book, Self-Led
From our truthfulness to our acts of dominance or our mood we are enormously revealing to others – if they know how to recognize the content and style of our words. That’s what The Secret Life of Pronouns author and University of Texas psychologist James W....
by Kare Anderson | Jan 20, 2016 | behavior, Choice, Conflict, Connecting, Friendship
Whatever behavior we praise we encourage to flourish in others – especially when they are around us. Whatever we criticize or “simply” snub goes deeper into their consciousness however. Hint: Speak to their positive intent, especially when it appears they...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 18, 2016 | behavior, Choice
Partners — romantic and otherwise — tend to fight when one feels neglected or threatened. When Peter Bregman’s wife yelled from two rooms away, “at least pack the shampoo” she was feeling neglected. See how Bregman turned a potentially...
