by Kare Anderson | Feb 23, 2009 | behavior, Connecting, Friendship, Listening
Only the loony disregard this crashing economy. Yet the prudent recognize it’s vital now to practice resilience, even virtue. It helps to be near friends who feel the same. (Who lifts your spirits?) So it also helps to know that we’re born with a set point for...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 19, 2009 | behavior, entertainment, Friendship
That’s what Loopt founder, Sam Ashton did at the huge Consumer Electronics Show. How? Like his contacts he used Loopt to make his whereabouts known. Find friends out shopping on a nearby street or out dining at a restaurant in the same neighborhood. Willing to...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 29, 2009 | Book, collaboration, Cooperation, Friendship
It took me awhile to finally decide to write this post as it runs against the tide of most readers’ opinions. And many feel strongly as I discovered at dinner last night with friends, but here goes. Outliers purports to reveal the real reason some people — like...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 30, 2008 | collaboration, Friendship, Tribe
When meeting Natasha, photographer Rick Smolan never imagined she’d be an emotional thread of continuity for his life. Human stories take unexpected turns, especially next year. I’ve got your back and you’ve got mine. That’s a mighty welcome feeling as we enter 2009. ...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 24, 2008 | Friendship
The sweet scent of the narcissus plant wafts upstairs to me just like the lingering memory of my uphill neighbors, an always upbeat Irish couple in their early eighties. Stopping off on their daily walk, they knocked on my door early this morning to deliver the...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 9, 2008 | Friendship
What kind are they? How important? As pundits discuss Obama’s frenemies, these questions probe the other side of our psyche. UK sociologists Ray Pahl and Liz Spencer asked them in a study that led to a book, Re-Thinking Friendship. Updating a theme in Bowling Alone,...
