Kindness: Creating A Culture of Kindness in Your Company and Life - a podcast by Dr. Michelle Robin

from 2021-10-20T10:00

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Linda Cohen is known as the Kindness Catalyst. She has been a nationally recognized kindness expert and professional speaker for over a decade. Linda works with a wide variety of businesses and associations on the ROI of Kindness.

She is the author of two books. Her first book is called, “1,000 Mitzvahs: How Small Acts of Kindness Can Heal, Inspire and Change Your Life.”  

Her new book is called, “The Economy of Kindness: How Kindness Transforms Your Bottom Line,” and will be published in October 2021.

She lives in Oregon with her husband of 28 years. They have two spirited young adult children and two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Ginger and Remy. She loves practicing yoga and meditation and will never pass up a good cup of Earl Grey tea!

Memorable Quotes:

  • "If you see what needs to be repaired and how to repair it, then you have found a piece of the world that God has left for you to complete. But if you only see what is wrong and what is ugly in the world, then it is you yourself that needs repair." - Rabbi Menachem Schneerson
  • “When you’re full you can give from your overflow and you’re not continually depleting yourself.”
  • “Let’s get back to putting our arms around each other, no matter who we are.”

What You’ll Learn:

How to create a culture of kindness in your organization and methods to give and receive kindness in your own life.

This Episode Includes:

  • Kindness is happening every day, everywhere.
  • People were reaching out and supporting each other during the first part of the pandemic. Let’s get back to that.
  • Focusing on kindness has amazing benefits physically.
  • When an organization can focus on kindness, they are helping their employees in more ways than one.
  • When a company has a culture of kindness it affects the reputation of the company.
  • Keeping and retaining good employees is another measure of a culture of kindness.
  • Managers are the leaders who can help create that culture of kindness.
  • Kindness is an inside and outside job. There are ways you can be kind to yourself, which then helps you be kind to others.
  • If you want to see more kindness in the world, make sure your media diet is limited.
  • The size of the kindness isn’t that important, it could be small.
  • There is a ripple effect when one person is kind to another.
  • Giving and receiving kindness are both important. Be open to receiving kindness and allow others to be the giver.

Three Takeaways From Today’s Episode:

  1. Add a gratitude practice by taking a moment to think about what you are grateful for each day and add it to your morning or evening routine.
  2. There’s a lot we can’t control, but we can always control how we react.
  3. You don’t have to have a certain job title to be a kindness catalyst.

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