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Adrienne Bankert on How to Choose Kindness


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Adrienne Bankert is an Emmy award-winning national news correspondent for ABC News, covering some of the most historic headlines of the past decade. She calls herself a “tour guide” – coaching and mentoring, teaching and speaking across the U.S. Her new book is called, Your Hidden Superpower: The Kindness That Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You With Anyone

In this episode, Eric and Adrienne talk about what it means to be kind – how to practice it, cultivate it within yourself, and how it can serve as your beacon and guide no matter the circumstances that come your way.

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In This Interview, Adrienne Bankert and I discuss How to Choose Kindness and…

  • Her book, Your Hidden Superpower: The Kindness That Makes You Unbeatable at Work and Connects You With Anyone
  • How helping others discover their purpose can also help you discover your own
  • That kindness helps us turn away from self-focus and towards a focus on the needs of others 
  • The way kindness can be at the core of our identity
  • Choosing kindness even when you don’t feel it
  • How to grow in kindness
  • Ways to respond kindly to people who are unkind to you
  • Her favorite stories of kindness
  • That kindness can be an anchor to us when we’re struggling or lost
  • Practical ways to practice kindness
  • Adrienne Bankert Links:

    Instagram

    Twitter

    Facebook

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