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Volume 22 No. 42
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November 6, 2015
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When You Give a Tree an Email Address
Given the chance to speak to a tree, what would you say? Recently, officials in Melbourne assigned trees in the city limits each an email addresse to help locals report broken limbs and other potential dangers. It turns out though, that people weren't as concerned with communicating about the trees as they were interested in communicating with them. Hear what people had to share, heart to heartwood. { read more }
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7 ways to aim for the impossible
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Having big hopes and dreams can spur action but can also leave you unable to get started. "Dreams by their nature are out of reach. Work backwards from unreachable to reachable," Dan Rockwell writes. He offers seven steps for getting started, including the idea of celebrating advances without becoming complacent. Leadership Freak blog (8/9)
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women are penalized for forceful speech, study finds
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Women who exhibit an angry or forceful demeanor in the business world tend to be judged more harshly than men, according to research from consultancy VitalSmarts. The research also found that people perceive women who show anger or a forceful attitude as being 35% less competent and worth about $15,000 less. Fast Company online (8/5)
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| can you teach people to have empathy? |
"According to the latest neuroscience research, 98% of people (the exceptions include those with psychopathic tendencies) have the ability to empathise wired into their brains -- an in-built capacity for stepping into the shoes of others and understanding their feelings and perspectives.The problem is that most don't tap into their full empathic potential in everyday life." { read more }
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