Published under ‘life’

by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky This article notes an interesting psychological discovery that children gravitate towards foods that are branded with familiar cartoons.  Unfortunately, this familiarity often leads kids to choose a less healthy choice.  Some findings even report that children find food tastier when the packaging is branded with a favorite [...]

Get great tips from the KIND Diet

Published under Health, KIND Snacks, Life Jun 15, 2010

by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky Check out the KIND diet to learn useful tips about being healthy and looking great too!   It’s not a diet, it’s KIND! The KIND team came up with 10 tips to help you adopt a KIND lifestyle that will make you not only look good but, [...]

Olivia Judson’s articles are always so interesting.  Here is a fascinating – and disconcerting – look at how cuckoo birds plant their eggs in other birds’ nests and fool them into caring for their chicks – often in lieu of the actual offspring that are thrown out! JUNE 1, 2010, 9:00 PM Cuckoo! Cuckoo! By [...]

KINDNESS in the Subway

Published under Introspection Jun 15, 2010

by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky Last week, our CEO struck up a conversation with an unlikely pair in the subway.  As seen in the picture below, a young Mexican cowboy partnered with an older African-American soul singer to form a duet that was both “truly beautiful, in sound and in sight.”  It [...]

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. [...]

by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky Harriet Green, a PeaceWorks Foundation/OneVoice founding member, was awarded an O.B.E in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for her service in the electronics industry.  Her talents and professionalism are only matched by her generosity and dedication that we are so thankful for. Harriet Green, CEO Premier Farnell [...]

Quote of the Week

Published under Introspection, Life Jun 11, 2010

  Purpose is where your talents meet the need in the world. – Michelle Bouchard, explaining she has heard this maxim in an interview with StarLee Magazine re her leadership of Healthcorps, Mehmet Oz’s foundation to fight obesity and health crises.

Jason Alexander and Jenny Craig

Published under Introspection Jun 10, 2010

by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky These two interviews with my good friend Jason Alexander are both hilarious and show that Jenny Craig is highly effective! It’s too bad I didn’t think to give Jason some KIND bars, given the Yale study…  

by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky This New York Times article proves the KIND philosophy that strangers can be friends if they break modern society’s barriers; in this case, all it takes is talking to people who share your commute. June 9, 2010, 10:26 AM 22 Minutes in the 4:15 A.M. Van By [...]

by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky Smirnoff Ice, a sugary alcoholic beverage, has become the key ingredient to the latest popular drinking game known as “icing.”  When approached with a Smirnoff Ice, the recipient is required to get down on one knee and chug the whole bottle (unless of course he is armed [...]