by Kare Anderson | Mar 17, 2015 | behavior, Book, Connecting, mutuality matters
“All of the significant battles are waged within the self,” wrote Sheldon Kopp. Some of our biggest inside battles involve changing habits to create a more meaningful, congenial life with others. Instead we instinctively, unhappily focus our self-talk on...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 27, 2013 | behavior, Book, contagion, influence, Sharing
Dog whisperer, Cesar Millan, “runs with as many as sixty-five dogs at time – many of them pit bulls with histories of aggression – without leashes or other kind of restraint,” writes John Butman. That’s because of a life-changing discovery earlier in his life when he...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 10, 2013 | Book, Connecting
“All of the significant battles are waged within the self,” wrote Sheldon Kopp. Some of our biggest inside battles are changing habits to create a more meaningful, congenial life with others. Instead we instinctively, unhappily focus on: • Those who seem...
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...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 25, 2011 | behavior, Book, Choice, Likeability
Years ago a candidate for California Superintendant of Schools repeatedly insinuated that his opponent was lying on her business tax returns and had an affair with a student intern. His charges were immediately disputed by her accountant, the student and several...