Getting What We Want Without Fighting. Let Nature Be Our Guide!
In the case of one animal that wants something from another, higher-ranked member of their group, there are two general options, and success will depend on the option chosen.
Are You Really “Leading”… or Just Barking at their Heels?
Driving from behind can produce results, but it’s not “leadership.”
Nature’s 4 Personality Archetypes: Recognize Anyone You Know?
Knowing these archetypes now can help us understand the human animals we live and work with every day! Most of us are blends of one or more of these main archetypes…
“Join Up”: Leadership Lessons from a Savvy Cowboy
Imagine if we as humans could learn to influence others in our life through instinct instead of coercion!
Risk and Responsibility, Animal Style: Crossing the River
In the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic and the widely diverse opinions on how to move forward, I turned to Mother Nature for inspiration
Bessy’s Fearless Follow-Through: Lessons in Management from Herd to Home
Bessy’s effectiveness came from her willingness and ability to follow-through. She did not apologize for her power, but did not abuse it, either.
Think You’re Smarter than Your Husband?
Nature says “Smarter” Isn’t Always “Better” in Relationships. Animals have known this for centuries and don’t waste their time arguing…
Lead Like a Lioness! – Overcome Nature’s Barriers to Women in Leadership
Are you struggling to be taken seriously in your management or leadership position – at home or at work? Do your kids disrespect you? Does your staff ignore your deadlines?
Everything I Know about Acceptance, I Learned from a Dog
This concept of Acceptance is not a new discovery. In fact, it is a philosophy that has been taught since the most ancient of days by the deepest thinkers and practitioners.
Not Fitting In? 4 Tips from the Dog Pack
It sounds too simple, but savvy animals foster friendships and intentionally make themselves predictable allies.
Why Won’t My Kids Stop Fighting?
How can a parent mitigate the inevitable problem with rivalry between children and keep greater peace in the home?
“My kids won’t listen to me!”
Learn the solution from the smartest mother ever: Mother Nature!
Mother Nature’s Happy Marriage Tip: Take Turns Driving
If both grab the wheel and try to drive at the same time, inevitably their routes will differ and arguing over the steering wheel will end in a crash.
A Surprising New Way to Deal with School Bullies – Animal Style!
Could we tap into the instincts of the human animal to alter the course of a bullying scenario in ways never thought of before? I think the answer is yes! From a whole new perspective through the eyes of our Inner Animal
Ulcer-Free Management: Animal-Style
Management directs others to do this or that to achieve a desired result. It is Leadership, however, that motivates others to follow those directions and comply. Without leadership skills, a mere “manager” operates at a power deficit.
The 10 Rules for a Natural Leader – Animal-Style
Dogs, cows, horses and other social mammals have never needed an MBA to know how to lead. They’ve just held fast to the following 10 rules:
Does Your Child Want a Friend or a Hero? Watch the Mama-Dog!
Even very young animals feel the appeal of a strong leader that they can trust and follow in order to be safe and secure in the big new world around them.
Participation Trophies, Instinct and Why Young People Love Selfies
Everywhere we look and especially with our young kids, it seems their being better than someone else is being eschewed. Instead, sameness seems the order of the day,
Four’s a Crowd: You, Hubbie and the Conflict Twins
The more friendship is fostered in a relationship and the conflict is avoided, the more partners will trust each other and will tend to let the other “win.”
Animal Secret #4 – Beware the Conflict Twins, “Same” and “Equal”
Don’t shoot the messenger; just read on and wrap your mind around what this means. This truth of Nature is profound and may change how you see your life and our world.
Animal Secret #2:
Instincts Rule; Intellect Just Plays Catch-Up
Once you begin seeing human behavior through the lens of animal instinct, everything will begin to make more sense!
The Myth that Only “Leaders” Get What They Want (Secret #3)
As if only by improving leadership skills can a woman hope to get where she wants professionally or get what she wants personally. Baloney!
Animal Secret #1: Humans are Animals, Too
“Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They’re like the people who become successful and then don’t want to be reminded of the old neighborhood.”
— Phil Donahue
Gracious Acceptance is the Secret Sauce:
Nature’s Secret #3
When it came to getting what she wanted from others in her pack with greater power, Nellie knew the secret sauce.