by Kare Anderson | Dec 31, 2009 | behavior, Book, Connecting, Friendship
Just as Daniel Gilbert discovered in Stumbling on Happiness that we aren’t adept at knowing how happy we will be in the future, Gal Zauberman and John G. Lynch found that we get it wrong about how much free time we’ll have. They dryly dub this effect, “Resource...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 30, 2009 | behavior, collaboration, Collective Memory
To jumpstart your new year in these roiling times, consider this: “When the economy tanks it’s natural to think of yourself first. You have a family to feed and a mortgage to pay. Getting more appears to be the order of business. It turns out that...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 14, 2009 | behavior, Book, Caring, Friendship, Likeability, love
Something in yesterday’s “Modern Love“ column struck me as ringing true, not only for enduring marriages but for flourishing friendships, “Being single is all about the future, about the person you’re going to meet at Starbucks or after answering the next scientific...
by Kare Anderson | Nov 15, 2009 | behavior, Caring, Choice
If you’re not feeling happy then this post can help. Did you know that more Americans are happier now than before our economy went bad? Now how does that make you feel? Stay with me though for the revelation that can lift your spirits.Everyone who claims to be happy...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 31, 2009 | behavior, collaboration, Conflict, Friendship, Learning
When you first glimpse someone (or something) new your brain reacts instantly, but you knew that. What’s destructive is that when you instinctively feel danger – or simply irritation – you respond quicker, longer and more intensely than if you feel safe or...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 27, 2009 | behavior, Choice
Steve Jobs sparked hot debate about the rich “getting to jump to the head of the line” when he revealed that he was able to get a liver transplant in a remarkably short time. 5,771 Americans are waiting for a liver. Last year, 1,481 Americans died waiting.People’s...
