Mandt System Blog On Being Kind…

In October UCLA started the world’s first interdisciplinary research institute on kindness. UCLA researchers have agreed on an academic definition for kindness: an act that enhances the welfare of others as an end in itself. So, it is the intention, not the outcome, that is key. Another way to say that would be it is the thought that counts. Research shows that being kind to others can reduce depression and can alter the behavior of genes to reduce inflammation,