11. Care Giving Today

You can begin to cultivate your nurturing instinct with the knowledge that care giving is evolutionarily defined as a collection of behaviors and communications that attend to the needs of others for the purpose of developing the other. We nurture others so that we can ensure the future. And, too, maximizing the genius of your care-giving instincts nourishes your own life. Here are a few examples of how you can use this evolutionary tool to develop and secure your ecological niche in your most important life arenas.

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