by Kare Anderson | Sep 15, 2014 | behavior, Book, Co-Create, mutuality matters
Like many of you, I passionately believe that we can live happier and higher-performing lives with others when we enable others to use best talents together more often. Hint: a mutuality mindset probably matters more than your smarts, money, title or contacts in this...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 16, 2014 | Book
An elementary school teacher in rural Arkansas made a bracelet of charms of each student in her class so she could continually remind herself of how she cared about each one, and her passion for teaching them. The rest of the story is the real clincher for seeing...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 26, 2014 | behavior, Book, Collective Intelligence, Connecting
We are overly confident about our capacity to read other people, even our spouses. Trying to “detect the emotion someone is feeling by looking at a picture of their face or looking into someone’s eyes” (two common mind reading tests) actually worsens our accuracy,...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 17, 2014 | behavior, Book, Humor
Do they crack up laughing or squirm and turn away when you attempt humor? Want people to laugh with you? Dark humor, done right, may be key according to The Humor Code co-authors, Peter McGraw and Joel Warner who travelled the world in search of the answer. Can you...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 5, 2014 | behavior, Book, Choice
Sure Ellen DeGeneres sparked a most shared Tweet, a $3 million Samsung charity donation, a parody, and continuing, sometimes heated conversations. Yet even if aren’t a well-financed, likeable celebrity, you can also engage others, spread your idea and raise money....
by Kare Anderson | Feb 20, 2014 | behavior, Book
“Anxiety, my old friend,” my friend Colleen Wainwright once wryly confessed. We women generally worry more than men. Yet it is vital to recognize the difference between worry and fear. How, for example, can we know when a fear for personal safety is...
