by Kare Anderson | Sep 30, 2012 | Book, Caring, Choice, Co-Create, collaboration, Connecting
Little did Abigail Washburn know that her life would forever change after she went to a party where she heard a record of traditional folk and bluegrass singer and flatpicking guitar player, Doc Watson singing Shady Grove. She had what Frans Johansson dubs a click...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 12, 2012 | Book, Caring, cause, Choice, Collective Clout
Within minutes of taking questions, Karl Rove and Howard Dean had a largely well-informed audience deep in the weeds of their conflicting, complex facts last Monday night at our Marin Speakers Series. We watched enthralled, attempting to keep up with their swift...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 11, 2012 | behavior, Book, Caring, Conflict, Connecting
Ironically, both psychopaths and Tibetan monks detect deep emotions that are invisible to others. Psychopaths are much better at recognizing “those telltale signs in the gait of traumatized assault victims” notes The Wisdom of Psychopaths author, Kevin Dutton....
by Kare Anderson | Sep 1, 2012 | Caring, Listening, Self-Led, Sharing
Do some people stop listening before you stop talking? Consider this. When stressed one symptom is that it is literally harder to hear other people. And anyone who says they don’t feel fearful sometimes in the face of this wildly uncertain economy is in deep denial....
by Kare Anderson | Aug 24, 2012 | Book, Caring, Connecting
“…the glad-handing, truth-bending form of sales is a relic” is in the promotional copy for Daniel H. Pink’s new book, To Sell is Human. It always has been for some and always will be for others, despite our greater ability, today, to verify what we are told. That is...
by Kare Anderson | Aug 13, 2012 | Book, Caring, Humor
Groucho Marx dry groused, “People say I don’t take criticism very well, but I say what the hell do they know?” Steve Martin observed, when sharing this photo, “When comedians get together, there are thoughtful moments, too. “When they’re laughing, they’re listening,”...
