Kindness. That’s a word we don’t hear a lot these days. Perhaps it seems antiquated in our competitive, social-media-infused, politically contentious culture—reserved for fools and chumps, not for those who want to get ahead.
But nothing could be further from the truth, according to Tara Cousineau, researcher, and author of the book The Kindness Cure. In today’s world, she argues, we need to cultivate kindness more than ever—not only for the sake of our society but for our own well-being.