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- Start The Next Chapter Of Your Uplifting Life Adventure - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2021 from Kare AndersonWhy wait until the next year to take steps towards optimizing your best side? Ready to turn the page to the chapter of the adventure story you are truly meant to live? Want to overcome what Charles Duhigg dubs your “automatic pilot" and flourish? Warning: “What gets in the way of being ...
Views: 81 - Ways to Become Sought-After - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2021 from Kare AndersonThere is widespread anxiety these days about technology taking away our jobs. There are several dire and comforting scenarios ahead points out Derek Thompson in a fascinating, in-depth article in The Atlantic: “A World Without Work.” Yet in his compelling book Humans Are Underrated, Geoff Colvin ...
Views: 141 - Ways to Become Sought-After - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2021 from Kare AndersonThere is widespread anxiety these days about technology taking away our jobs. There are several dire and comforting scenarios ahead points out Derek Thompson in a fascinating, in-depth article in The Atlantic: “A World Without Work.” Yet in his compelling book Humans Are Underrated, Geoff Colvin ...
Views: 123 - Pull Others Into Your Stories and Boost Via Bragging Rights - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2020 from Kare AndersonWith a warm smile on his face an elderly gentleman came up to speak to me after hearing my keynote on Ways to Live a More Meaningful Life and asked if he could tell me about an experience he’d had the previous week that made him decide not to retire for awhile after all. He told me he’d been a ...
Views: 158 - Specific Ways You Can Generate Greater Success With Others - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2020 from Kare Anderson“Bad collaboration is worse than no collaboration,” Collaboration author, Morten T. Hansen emphatically concluded, yet you already knew that. Involving others in smart ways has sparked greater success in these five proven ways: 1. Combine Methods or Models From Different Domains Richard ...
Views: 197 - Specific Ways You Can Generate Greater Success With Others - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2020 from Kare Anderson“Bad collaboration is worse than no collaboration,” Collaboration author, Morten T. Hansen emphatically concluded, yet you already knew that. Involving others in smart ways has sparked greater success in these five proven ways: 1. Combine Methods or Models From Different Domains Richard ...
Views: 120 - How to Become More Credible And Visible - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2020 from Kare Anderson“The smaller the coffin, the heavier it is to carry,” Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told CNN host Christiane Amanpour. Then he went on to describe a Taliban massacre where many children were killed. As if didn’t try to evoke an emotion with grand generalizations. Instead he generated ...
Views: 149 - Reduce Overhead Costs Via The Right Kind of Cross-Promotional Partnerships - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2020 from Kare AndersonEven the most time-pressed business owner can attract more customers with less effort through the right cross-promotional marketing. Why? Because when you join forces with other credible people who also reach your target market you can reach your customers more efficiently, credibly, and ...
Views: 170(1 vote) - Reduce Overhead Costs Via The Right Kind of Cross-Promotional Partnerships - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2020 from Kare AndersonEven the most time-pressed business owner can attract more customers with less effort through the right cross-promotional marketing. Why? Because when you join forces with other credible people who also reach your target market you can reach your customers more efficiently, credibly, and ...
Views: 148 - Become Like The People You Admire - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2020 from Kare AndersonAfter being honored in a tribute a tribute at the Kennedy Center Way back in 2013 the renowned musician, Carlos Santana, was interviewed by several eager reporters. He was often asked about the musicians he most admired, the turning points in his life and how it felt to be popular again. Yet, ...
Views: 190(1 vote) - Specific Ways You Can Create Greater Success With Others - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2020 from Kare Anderson“Bad collaboration is worse than no collaboration,” Collaboration author, Morten T. Hansen emphatically concluded, yet you already knew that. Involving others in smart ways has sparked greater success in these five proven ways: 1. Combine Methods or Models From Different Domains Richard ...
Views: 159 - Become More Frequently Quoted - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2020 from Kare AndersonDespite the millions already spent on one of the highest stakes campaigns now under way, what has either presidential candidate said that you remember? That’s what I thought. Darn little, if anything. How about you? Do people stop listening before you stop talking? Being quotable is essential ...
Views: 132 - Why And How To Cultivate Unexpected Allies - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2020 from Kare AndersonThose who don’t act right (like you) can actually be your most mutually beneficial allies. Here’s how: Some people believe we each have a set point in our temperament, along the continuum of pessimistic to optimistic, meaning we habitually behave at that point on the continuum. Psychology ...
Views: 140 - Why And How To Cultivate Unexpected Allies - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2020 from Kare AndersonThose who don’t act right (like you) can actually be your most mutually beneficial allies. Here’s how: Some people believe we each have a set point in our temperament, along the continuum of pessimistic to optimistic, meaning we habitually behave at that point on the continuum. Psychology ...
Views: 137 - HowTo Become More Trustworthy - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2020 from Kare AndersonEven though it’s been over a decade ago, I vividly recall my shock when sitting in a committee meeting for a non-profit. The chair asked us each to report back on the task we agreed to do. The second told us that she hadn’t started on her assignment because it had been a very busy month at work. ...
Views: 167 - 5 Steps For Making Happiness a Habit - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2020 from Kare AndersonThe second part of this story is a clincher for considering that happiness can be a choice. An elementary school teacher in rural Arkansas made a bracelet of charms of each student in her class so she could continually remind herself of how she cared about each one, and her passion for teaching ...
Views: 183 - 5 Steps For Making Happiness a Habit - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2020 from Kare AndersonThe second part of this story is a clincher for considering that happiness can be a choice. An elementary school teacher in rural Arkansas made a bracelet of charms of each student in her class so she could continually remind herself of how she cared about each one, and her passion for teaching ...
Views: 158(1 vote) - How To Pull Others Into Your Stories and Boost In Bragging Rights - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2020 from Kare AndersonWith a warm smile on his face an elderly gentleman came up to speak to me after hearing my keynote on Ways to Live a More Meaningful Life and asked if he could tell me about an experience he’d had the previous week that made him decide not to retire for awhile after all. He told me he’d been a ...
Views: 182 - See How Synchronicity Can Signal The Next Chapters of Adventure You Seek With Others - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2020 from Kare AndersonCoincidences are often signs of synchronicity, yet they aren’t as obvious as some you may see, unless you are looking for patterns. Then you can notice what you are choosing to notice. Ironically I discovered Daniel Johnson’s article online about meaningful coincidences by accident because ...
Views: 177(1 vote) - Our Journey to Corporate Sanity - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2020 from Kare AndersonOur Journey to Corporate Sanity: Transformational Stories from the Frontiers of 21st Century Leadership ~Book by Ayelet Baron: Kare Anderson’s chapter in that book: Emmy-winning former NBC and Wall Street Journaljournalist and TED presenter on Becoming an Opportunity Maker (with over 2.5 million ...
Views: 173 - Why Kindness Can Open Hearts and Unexpected Opportunities - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2020 from Kare AndersonSunny Summer is past. The upcoming holidays are times of great loving and loneliness and we often don’t know who is experiencing which. For many it is a bit of both. For us all this can be a prime time for kindness, sometimes simply by sharing what we have. And kindness is often unspoken. ...
Views: 209 - What Makes Us Laugh? - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2020 from Kare AndersonHere are some quick, sometimes surprising clues: All Jokes Come Down to One of Four Themes Anywhere in the world, all jokes can be reduced to just one of these themes, according to professor Richard Wiseman, a British psychologist who, via his LaughLab, conducted mass-participation experiments ...
Views: 193 - Like To Pull Your Life Together? - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2020 from Kare AndersonWhat do these stories have in common? “Train hard, laugh harder” could have been the motto of the U.S. national soccer team when two-time Olympic gold medal winner, Julie Foudy, was captain, “the team’s comic relief and its social conscience” according to a New York Times article that cited her ...
Views: 206 - The Often Forgotten First Step for Connecting - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2020 from Kare AndersonWhile happiness books are all the rage, none begin by showing us the inescapable first step to connecting with others. Yet having social ties is the single best predictor of a longer, healthier, more satisfying life. When hired by Disney to observe what infants and toddlers paid the most ...
Views: 268 - How To Pull Others Closer And Feel Better Together - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2020 from Kare AndersonThese three true stories share a vital trait that you can adopt to boost your mood — and your value and visibility with others — as an individual and for your organization: Thief Apologizes And Returns Money To Nashville Market 11 Years Later, How Google Maps Led To the Rescue of A Los Angles ...
Views: 179 - Handling Criticism Grace And Honesty - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2020 from Kare AndersonA client once called us to order 5,000 copies of a slender book I wrote years ago. He said that he wished he'd called sooner, before the sides had hardened between the people in his corporation. Now several squabbling people were proving themselves right about why the others were wrong. ...
Views: 200 - Spur Others to Feel Closer and Better - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2020 from Kare AndersonThese three true stories share a vital trait that can you can adopt to boost your mood — and your value and visibility with others — as an individual and for your organization: Thief Apologizes And Returns Money To Nashville Market 11 Years Later, How Google Maps Led To the Rescue of A Los ...
Views: 184 - Discover Why Rookies Stay Relevant - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2020 from Kare AndersonWhat’s it take to stay relevant in work today? That often cited and disputed study made famous by Malcolm Gladwell, it takes 10,000 hours to achieve mastery, is based on a study that covered those whose skills required repeated practice - surgeons, violinists, and athletes — notes Rookie Smarts ...
Views: 196 - Discover Why Rookies Stay Relevant - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2020 from Kare AndersonWhat’s it take to stay relevant in work today? That often cited and disputed study made famous by Malcolm Gladwell, it takes 10,000 hours to achieve mastery, is based on a study that covered those whose skills required repeated practice - surgeons, violinists, and athletes — notes Rookie Smarts ...
Views: 181 - Ways to Pull More Joy Into Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2020 from Kare AndersonTry six research-based tips for turning the page to the next chapter of the adventure story we are truly meant to live. 1. Live Your Greatest Passion Despite Inevitable Risk "Life is like a 10 speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use," Charles M. Schulz once wrote. Gretchen Rubin ...
Views: 264 - Attract Smarter Support Sooner - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2020 from Kare AndersonTap the Little-Known Secret to First Impressions for Building Likeability Vala Afshar intuitively practices a little-known secret for attracting talented people as friends and colleagues. It’s an obvious truth, once stated. I saw it vividly demonstrated at Pivotcon. Via Twitter, he ...
Views: 384(1 vote) - How What Captures Your Attention May Control Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2020 from Kare AndersonSeveral years ago, DisneyWorld executives were wondering what most captured the attention of toddlers and infants at their theme park and hotels in Orlando, Florida. So they hired me and a cultural anthropologist to observe them as they passed by all the costumed cast members, animated ...
Views: 166 - How to See A Best Path Forward By Understanding Serendipity - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2020 from Kare AndersonWe seek meaning in most any action, so we sometimes mislead ourselves. Even when shown circles, triangles and other geometric objects randomly moving about on a screen, we tend to give them human attributes. We instinctively determine what their behavior means. Such quick conclusions were ...
Views: 171 - Choose the Feeling You Want to Have - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2020 from Kare AndersonInstead of trying to change your feelings (as cognitive therapy attempts to do), change how you choose to view your thoughts. Practicing this way, we can notice what's without immediately reacting, thus become better to choose how we want to react. Breandan and Emma, the couple up the hill ...
Views: 308(1 vote) - Speed Coaching A Fun, Fast Way to Get Expert Advice - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2020 from Kare AndersonQ. Want to live faster or slower? A: Yes. Want to savor food (or fashion) slowly but grow your career or business faster? Then, for your work, try a Speed Coaching event. From Hong Kong to Anaheim, this wildly popular format is being adopted to serve diverse crowds quickly. They range from ...
Views: 235(1 vote) - How You Can Make Smarter Decisions - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2020 from Kare AndersonWe can all make wiser decisions by understanding these common mental traps we sometimes fall into: 1. The Confirming-Evidence Trap This trap is the bias that leads us to seek out information to support our existing point of view while avoiding information that contradicts it. This bias not ...
Views: 233 - Create Productive Enthusiasm In Yourself And With Others - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2020 from Kare AndersonEnthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster,“ suggests Bo Bennett, and I heartily agree. Getting enthusiastic is a little like learning to breathe. Nobody can tell you ...
Views: 211 - Create Profitable Peer-to-Peer Communities - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2020 from Kare AndersonGet on the good side of prospective customers. Be seen where they are in a good mood. They’re more likely to buy your product, research shows. It’s the Halo Effect of being associated with people, products or situations that make them happy. My friend, for example, gets excited about her ...
Views: 196 - Create Profitable Peer-to-Peer Communities - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2020 from Kare AndersonGet on the good side of prospective customers. Be seen where they are in a good mood. They’re more likely to buy your product, research shows. It’s the Halo Effect of being associated with people, products or situations that make them happy. My friend, for example, gets excited about her ...
Views: 195 - 7 ways to become a better storyteller - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2020 from Kare Anderson1. TRUST AND LIKEABILITY GO HAND-IN-HAND Adopt a proven, counter-intuitive way to seem likable to others. One of the biggest misconceptions about connecting is seeking, first, to be liked. In fact, the counter-intuitive way to get someone to like you is in knowing this core truth: If they like ...
Views: 207 - Attract Greater Support Sooner - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2020 from Kare AndersonTap the Little-Known Secret to First Impressions for Building Likeability Vala Afshar intuitively practices a little-known secret for attracting talented people as friends and colleagues. It’s an obvious truth, once stated. I saw it vividly demonstrated at a @pivotcon gathering. Via Twitter, ...
Views: 156 - Increase Your Credibility and Visibility - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2020 from Kare AndersonThe smaller the coffin, the heavier it is to carry,” Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told CNN host Christiane Amanpour. Then he went on to describe a Taliban massacre where many children were killed. Asif didn’t try to evoke an emotion with grand generalizations. Instead he generated ...
Views: 166 - 4 Ways to Become More Trusted - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2020 from Kare AndersonEven though it’s been over a decade ago, I vividly recall my shock when sitting, as a board member, in a committee meeting for a major non-profit. The chair asked us each to report back on the task we agreed to do. The second told us that she hadn’t started on her assignment because it had been ...
Views: 251 - How to Pull in Greater Friendships, Adventures & Learning - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2020 from Kare AndersonFive men are walking across the Golden Gate Bridge on an outing organized by their wives who are college friends. The women moved ahead in animated conversation. One man describes the engineering involved in the bridge's long suspension. Another man points to the changing tide lines below. A ...
Views: 272 - Why and How to Become Like the People You Love - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2020 from Kare AndersonAfter being honored in a tribute at the Kennedy Center the renowned musician, Carlos Santana, was interviewed by several eager reporters. He was often asked about the musicians he most admired, the turning points in his life and how it felt to be popular again. Yet, according to his wife, the ...
Views: 204 - See Insults as Opportunities to Unify Others Around a Noble Option - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2020 from Kare AndersonDuring a packed stadium game, several spectators yelled racist insults down at the renowned, Brazilian footballer, Barcelona’s flying fullback, Dani Alves. Capping it off, an angry spectator who had been yelling epithets threw a banana down in front of Alves as he was walking back onto the ...
Views: 287 - “Your Likeability Quotient: Your Gut Instincts & Getting Along Better, a Quiz” - by Submitted on May 22, 2020 from Kare AndersonWhy do we instinctively like some people and find others irritating or worse? What makes us agree, buy, help . . . or not? Do your gut instincts help or hinder your “LQ” – Likeability Quotient? From an expert on gut instincts, gain insights about how to say it better next time. Answer this ...
Views: 260 - Tips for Couples Who Want to be Rooted in Love - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2020 from Kare Anderson• It is harder to argue when you are holding hands. • Know that showing appreciation and attention, especially when you least want to show them and the other person most needs them, will always bring you closer than asking for them. • Look to the other person’s positive intent as you hear ...
Views: 404 - Turn Someone’s Anger Into Ease with You - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2020 from Kare AndersonWhen you most want to smash someone in the face or run out of the room, remember this irony. Cooling off someone else’s anger can be a way to actually bring that person closer. Warning: Don’t add fuel to the fire by suggesting that they calm down. Here are five ways to not only dampen their ...
Views: 360 - Turn Someone’s Anger Into Ease with You - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2020 from Kare AndersonWhen you most want to smash someone in the face or run out of the room, remember this irony. Cooling off someone else’s anger can be a way to actually bring that person closer. Warning: Don’t add fuel to the fire by suggesting that they calm down. Here are five ways to not only dampen their ...
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