by Kare Anderson | May 5, 2013 | behavior, Book, Caring, Connecting
She’d been fidgeting for some while. Suddenly, she turned and started talking to me. For two hours we’d sat silently, side-by-side at the airport gate, waiting for our small commuter airplane. Leaning on the narrow metal armrest that divided our seats, she looked...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 29, 2013 | behavior, Caring, Choice, Collective Memory, community
1. Adopt the Counter-intuitive Approach to Becoming Well-Liked Legend has it that British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and his political rival William Gladstone had a date with the same woman on different nights. When asked her impression of the two men, she said,...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 1, 2013 | behavior, Book, Caring, Choice, Cooperation
Tension was inevitable. The stakes were high. We all wanted to be accepted into this coveted fellowship program, yet only 20% would. After a series of intensive interviews, much depended on how we played this game. The rules were odd. Eight strangers, all...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 21, 2013 | behavior, Book, Caring, contagion, decisionmaking
Breandan and Emma, the couple up the hill from me in Sausalito have been married 54 years, they proudly told me last year. They walked, hand-in-hand past my home each morning, usually laughing, smiling and pointing out things to each other along the way. Originally...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 24, 2012 | Book, Caring, Co-Create, Connecting, Friendship, Give Back
Some startled neighbors who were out walking or at their window yesterday asked why we were carrying a fully-decorated Christmas tree up our steep street in Sausalito. Upon hearing our story, Martin, Jim, Ingrid, Julia and Jacob, joined us, carefully picking up the...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 16, 2012 | behavior, Book, Caring, cause, contagion
Violence doesn’t happen out of nowhere, but kindness can. 1. Choose Your Spot for Bringing Out the Better Side in Others At first drivers were startled on their way to work when they passed the man on the curb of an Oakland, California, street. He was...
