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.
Leadership – 4 Keys to Power and Influence
I find that these same leadership qualities play out in all social animal groups: people, cows, horses and dogs! Isn’t that fascinating?
A Woman’s Kryptonite – Stay Away from It!
Powerful people consciously avoid actions that portray them as weak or uncertain and habits that undermine their powerful image… these power-sapping traits are often seen, disproportionately, in women! Oh, dear.
To Be Loved or To Lead.
What’s Your Goal?
Have you ever known a woman whose only goal was to be loved by someone? When their sole goal is to be loved, women can do stupid things. They come across as needy, clingy… weak!
Everything I Know about
Leadership, I Learned from a Cow
“Bessy would not run to the hay. She sauntered. Why rush, she seemed to say? She was calm, cool and confident – almost Presidential”