by Kare Anderson | Jul 6, 2015 | Book, Conflict, Connecting, decisionmaking
To support you on your path towards greater mental toughness, former Navy Seal and Rhodes Scholar and author of Resilience, Eric Greitens shared this with me: “If I sat down in your living room and placed a giant bag of jigsaw puzzle pieces on a table in front of you...
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 31, 2011 | behavior, Book
We women generally worry more than men. For example, “While men are bearing the brunt of the job losses, women report much higher levels of fear and worry about their families’ financial security than men do” and women worry more than their husbands about...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 14, 2010 | behavior, Choice, Conflict, Connecting
When things go wrong, we tend to blind ourselves to other’s feelings. We are more likely to fall into a destructive behavioral trap. Sadly, when we do, we cannot be empathic. We weaken that human bond that’s vital to re-grouping and resilience. These blinding mindsets...