DO YOU GIVE OTHERS TIME TO THINK?

The artwork's full title is: "Listen to Give Yourself Time to Think - an introduction from Nancy Kline'. A deceptively simple little painting with strokes of purple and teal and feather-like strokes of cyan.

What inspired the artwork?

If you knew that everything you did depended on the quality of the thinking you did first - would you give yourself more time to think?

This is the founding principle behind Nancy Kline's book 'Time to Think'. Kline goes on to suggest that our thinking depends on the quality of our attention for each other.

Sophie Stephenson, of The Thinking Project, a master practitioner of Kline's methods says:

"Nancy Kline’s book described a way of being with one another that is both incredibly simple, and incredibly rare. We don’t give ourselves, or others, the freedom to think without interruption, or judgment, or time limits. We limit our thinking, our conversations, our relationships and our entire lives by confining our minds. We need to reclaim time to think if we are to achieve anything meaningful in our lives."

In a world where we rush to speak, to be heard and to question; where we interrupt, make assumptions and are quick to move on - do we ever give ourselves, or others, enough time to think?

This painting asks you to:

• Pause, take a breath and listen.
• Listen to someone without interrupting.
• Listen without offering solutions or advice.
• Offer the gift, to someone else, of the the time to think. 

This artwork is about listening to others with ease, an open mind and a sense of curiosity. This is learning to be intrigued and fascinated by the person. To ask yourself: "What will this person say next?" Rather than - when will I get to speak next? 

Discover how this approach to listen can improve decision making and well-being as well as transform your relationships at home and work.

Go to the Listen and Think Well Collection