The Promise That Changes Everything: I Won't Interrupt You

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The Time To Think bestselling author demonstrates why making the promise not to interrupt each other is the key to all good relationships. What if all it took to counter political polarisation, relationship problems and workplace rivalries was a single promise? For the past few decades, Nancy Kline has been investigating the optimal conditions that lead to independent thinking. Building on her 'thinking environment' framework, here she reveals the many ways in which the pressures of conformity, inequality and technology prevent us from having meaningful, life-enhancing conversations. Guided by the science of attention, she shares exercises and case studies of students and employees who have improved their performance through guided thinking sessions as well as families and couples who bonded after making - and enforcing - the promise. I Won't Interrupt You is a practical and systematic guide to how promising to reduce interruptions will lead to better relationships and calmer lives.

Nancy Kline is President of Time To Think, an international leadership development and coaching company. She is also a published author and public speaker. Time To Think began in 1984 and grew out of Nancy's consulting and teaching work near Washington, DC, where she had served as a Founding Director of The Thornton Friends School for twelve years and as Director of The Leadership Institute for six years. She is a Fellow of Ashridge Management College, UK. Nancy was born and raised in New Mexico and lives in England with her husband, Christopher Spence.