Book cover for The Promise That Changes Everything by Nancy Kline

The Promise That Changes Everything

2020 Released
256 Pages
4-6 Hours
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Penguin LifeISBN 9780241423516
How often do you interrupt? How often do people interrupt you? Can you remember the last time someone listened to you all the way through your thinking?

In a time when communication is more challenging than ever and relationships need to be nurtured, listening to one another could not be more important. In her new book, Nancy Kline, bestselling author of Time To Think, suggests that for us to radically improve our communication we should make the promise 'I won't interrupt you'.

This promise matters because when we interrupt each other, we interrupt our thinking, and that interrupts the quality of everything we do. By making this promise to our colleagues and loved ones we can deepen our relationships, increase our productivity, and enjoy deeper, richer conversations. It may, in fact, be the most important promise we ever make.

Nancy has spent the last three decades researching independent thought and the barriers that prevent us from thinking for ourselves. In this book she tells us the truth about the damage that interruption can cause, she shares case studies and stories from her work with clients, as well as simple ways we can improve our communication, and change our lives.

Nancy Kline

Nancy Kline created and pioneered the development of The Thinking Environment and is Founder and President of Time to Think. A published author and public speaker, she also teaches Time to Think courses, leads the Time to Think Faculty and delivers keynote presentations around the world.

Time to Think began in 1984 and is now a global company with offices in the UK, USA, Australia, Europe and South Africa and with consultation clients such as Time Warner, Shell, the BBC and the NHS. Time to Think 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, and the International Listening Association's Listener of the Year 2010.

Nancy was born and raised in New Mexico and lives in England with her husband, Christopher Spence.

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