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 7, 2019 | behavior, Caring, Friendship, Likeability, mutuality matters
Kindness is often unspoken. “An eye can threaten like a loaded and leveled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. At another time, Emerson wrote,...
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...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 1, 2019 | behavior, Co-Create, influence, inspiration, Leadership, Likeability, mutuality matters
Rather than letting more days rush by why not practice ways to become more deeply connected in each of your encounters with others? When Showing Competence Can Cut Us Off From Others Ironically, the more successful we are in proving our competence, the greater the...
