by Kare Anderson | Aug 11, 2015 | behavior, Caring
At the end of last year, Pope Francis suggested it was an apt time to examine our conscience — yet it behooves us to do that more often. That’s not always easy but always vital as Todd Essig suggests, citing Peter Seeger and Martin Luther King. Acting with...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 3, 2015 | behavior, Caring, mutuality matters
We all have two wolves inside us a Cherokee lesson suggests. One tugs at us to do evil and the other to act good. What will we do? It depends on which wolf we feed. The one you feed is the one that grows stronger. Pope Francis suggested that year’s end is an apt time...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 1, 2013 | behavior, Conflict, Connecting, decisionmaking, Persuasion, Research
Modern “social” life is ripe for temptation to embellish our stories, so it’s especially helpful to recognize some myths and counter-intuitive truths about lying. 1. What Do Those Apparently Shifty Eyes Mean? When someone is telling you something and looks up to the...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 13, 2013 | behavior, Book, Conflict, Connecting, influence
After nearly 15 years of vehement denials, Armstrong may own up, it is rumored. He promises he’ll answer Oprah’s interview questions “directly, honestly and candidly.” Yet this is already a very public, social situation that even includes newspaper ads...
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....