The Kindness Quotient: How the Power of Kindness Creates Success at Home, At Work and in the World

by Rhonda Sciortino

Overview

Harness the power of kindness to change your world.

KQ, or kindness quotient, is a measure of how much each of us embodies the virtues of kindness, caring and generosity. A high KQ means taking advantage of all opportunities to be kind and finding personal success by bringing kindness into the world. Now there’s a way to boost your KQ and maximize your kindness potential.

The Kindness Quotient helps you understand exactly how kindness affects, and is affected by, everything you do. In doing so, we learn to better appreciate the importance of kindness in our personal and professional lives and learn new ways to share and experience the best that the world has to offer.

With The Kindness Quotient, you will:

- Develop the proactive habits of successful kind people
- Learn how kindness shown to others can boost your happiness
- Experience how tapping into the power of kindness can create success at work, at home and in the world
- Pinpoint new opportunities for kindness in your daily life
- Learn to embody the nine principles of kindness

Each of us has the potential to improve the world around us and increase our level of peace and happiness through kindness. So, what’s your KQ?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578267620
Publisher:	Hatherleigh Press
Publication date:	09/04/2018
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Rhonda Sciortino is an author, motivational speaker and coach for authentic success. She overcame abuse, homelessness, and poverty to become a successful entrepreneur, spokeswoman, and advocate for abused children. She currently serves as the chair for the Successful Survivors Foundation, an organization created to help survivors of adversity to create personal and professional success. Rhonda lives in Southern California with her husband, Nick, near their daughter and her family. Additional information is available at www.rhonda.org.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

The Real Meaning of Kindness 1

If You Want to Be Happier, Be Kind 5

Be an Ambassador of Kindness 13

The Secret Meaning of Kindness 17

The Hidden Power of Kindness 23

Change Your Circumstances through Kindness 29

Kindness without Condition 35

Develop the Skill of Kindness 41

Not Every Act of Kindness is Genuine 49

Childhood Messages That Interfere with Kindness 55

Reaching the Invisible People through Kindness 63

Nine Principles for Practicing Kindness 71

Conclusion: Kindness Saves Lives 81

Evaluating Your Scores 93

About the Author 95

Also by Rhonda Sciortino 96

Your Kindness Quotient Journal 97

Editorial Reviews

"The Kindness Quotient gives us practical steps and valuable truths about the rewards of planting seeds of unconditional kindness in the lives of others.”
—Wayne Tesch, co-founder of Royal Family Kids

“The Kindness Quotient identifies and quantifies HOW to be kind to people who cannot or will not reciprocate, which is foundational for the work of loving wounded children into wholeness.”
—Irene Clements, executive director of National Foster Parent Association

“If you want to improve your life and our world, learn the secret power of kindness found in The Kindness Quotient.”
—Dr. Karen Bergstrom, Safe Families For Children, director of Western US

“The Kindness Quotient is invaluable for helping people learn how to pour unconditional kindness into the lives of young women who are in distress.”
—Kathleen Eaton Bravo, founder and CEO of The Obria Group, Inc.

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