by Kare Anderson | Mar 23, 2016 | behavior, Caring, Connecting
What should you do when things get tense in a group, and you’re tempted to make snide comments or worse? Why, turn to humor, of course. It can crack the fractious mood, drop the growing wall between us and even bring us closer. Yet only the right kind of humor can...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 20, 2016 | behavior, Listening
After Trump called Marco Rubio a “low life,” “nasty guy” and “choke artist,” Rubio sunk lower. Citing Trump, he said, “You know what they say about men with small hands.” And Trump called Cruz “a little baby: soft,...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 12, 2016 | behavior, Caring, Friendship, Likeability
“I swear, my dear. Sometimes our conversations remind me of a broken sword. She raised an eyebrow. Sharp as hell, he said, but lacking a point” wrote Brandon Sanderson in Warbreaker. Until you find the lure and the hook on which someone will bite, you...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 7, 2016 | behavior, Caring
Like many photographers before him, Gerald Zaltman was visiting remote areas of the world to capture images of people living lives far removed from those in the United States. Here’s what made his experience different. One morning, while walking through an...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 5, 2016 | behavior
Breandan and Emma, a 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 new flower blossoms and other things along the...
