Did you know that THE HEART COMPANY’s fragrance, KINDNESS in a bottle was featured in British Vogue!? It’s super exciting and super kind … and helps spread the word about a fabulous fragrance that smells beautiful and supports The Love and Kindness Project Foundation! KINDNESS in a bottle was crafted by the world’s leading perfume house Givaudan and captures the essence of kindness. It has a heart-shaped bottle design, and is 100% vegan, free of…
On Saturday, May 7th, there was another mass shooting in the USA. In Allen, Texas. At an outlet mall. Regular people going about their lives. Expecting a fun day with family, or a regular day at work. It’s hard to expect those things anymore, since it was the 22nd mass shooting in the USA since the beginning of 2023. What did I do the next day? I put up a Kindness House (like a little…
A few months ago Alefiyah Tawawalla, my long time friend and Secretary of The Love and Kindness Project Foundation, asked if I had a few minutes to chat because she had something to tell me. And here’s what it was: that she had decided to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro…and that she had started training! She also wanted to let me know that she planned to take a flag with our Foundation logo with her to bring…
On the weekend I was in line at the supermarket checkout when I heard a friendly “argument” between two people in the line next to me. “Are you sure you don’t want me to pay for some of these things?” one person pressed? “Oh no! I’ve been saving to take you here so you could choose whatever you like! And I’m going to take you out to dinner too!” The banter went back and forth…
This year, The Love and Kindness Project Foundation is planning to give out at least 24 micro-grants of $250.00 or less to individuals who want to do a creative kindness project at work, at home or in their community and need funding for materials to turn their idea into reality! Some projects we’ve funded in past or are currently funding: Creating a Kindness Garden using painted Kindness rocks Setting up a Kindness Cart to share…
Look! Something super exciting! Maryse Meinen was inspired to create her very own Kindness Poster based on something I shared! At The Love and Kindness Project Foundation, a big part of our mission is to encourage and inspire others to create their own kindness projects, and that is exactly what Maryse did! A kindness project doesn’t have to be big and fancy! Handwritten and homemade are perfect! Thank you so much Maryse for creating a…
Welcome to The Kind Leader Newsletter #7! Tip #7: Ask about others! Leaders, I have a challenge for you! Please take out a piece of paper, and for each one of your team members, write down one thing that they are passionate about outside of work, and one thing each of them is struggling with. If you find that you don’t know, don’t be surprised. Often, leaders focus solely on business in conversations and meetings…
It’s Monday morning! When you got out of bed, did you feel a sense of dread about the coming day and week? Or a sense of excitement? I’m asking because I’ve been thinking a lot about optimism over the past few weeks. In tough times, it can be even harder to stay optimistic – to believe that things are going to be okay and work our positively – than in regular times. Even super-optimistic people…
Last night, as I watched the first US Presidential ‘debate’ of 2020, my decision about how to cast my vote was solidified. Here’s what I’ve decided. While most people vote for a particular party, political platform, or for a specific candidate, this year I’ll be voting for kindness. Here’s why. Because the way a leader leads – how they do what they do, including what a leader says, has a huge effect on those they…
Welcome to The Kind Leader Newsletter #6 Tip #6: Apologize! A number of years ago I was one of the of the co-leads for an important inter-departmental project. The sponsor, a Vice President, explained the importance of the project and we got to work. Unfortunately, work didn’t go smoothly and there was a lot of arguing among the team-members. The sponsor called us into his office. We all expected to get in trouble. However, instead…
