by Kare Anderson | Jul 12, 2012 | behavior, Book, Caring, Friendship
When I was a reporter covering business trends and profiles of executives throughout Europe the stories usually fascinated me, yet I was often more struck by the off-hand advice of my interpreter, a young French woman. Amélie has become a lifelong friend, by the way....
by Kare Anderson | Jun 16, 2012 | behavior, Caring, Co-Create, Collective Memory
Your apt, unexpected gift can reflect the flip side of Kim Kardashian’s present to Kayne West, a $750,000 Lamborghini, which may, in fact, have cost her nothing if the carmaker gave it to her as a product placement opportunity. In a celebrity obsessed, time-pressed...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 9, 2012 | behavior, Book, Caring
When you feel affronted pause before responding and recall this French proverb: “Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.” Here’s one mighty helpful reason why. Whatever we praise we encourage to flourish. Unfortunately there’s a damaging flip side....
by Kare Anderson | May 6, 2012 | behavior, Book, Caring
“When you throw mud you get dirty,” Adlai Stephenson once remarked in response to a question about whether he would criticize his opponent who was launching vicious, personal attacks against him in a political campaign. And you lose ground. Yet many politicos say...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 14, 2012 | behavior, Caring, cause
Marie Beckinger was driving home from grocery shopping when a bank robber in a dented pickup truck streaked through a red light. He was attempting to escape a trailing police car. He struck the passenger’s side of Marie’s car where her infant, Gabriel, was buckled...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 22, 2012 | Caring, Connecting, Give Back
”I had a doorbell moment this week,” Patricia told Tracy. Both have sons serving in the same Marine unit in Iraq. Patricia is describing the fear that grabs her the moment her doorbell rings unexpectedly, thinking that the officer on the other side has...
