Have you ever heard of The Thinking Environment?

Do you ever find yourself finishing someone else's sentences?

Until today, I thought that was clever, even helpful - a strength.

Until today, I thought that my job in conversation was to listen with the intent to respond.

It proved that I was really listening, right?

Wrong.

Today I discovered that the greatest gift I could give another is my attention.

To listen with the intent to understand.

Attention ignites thinking.

Have you ever heard of The Thinking Environment?

The Thinking Environment - Nancy Kline

My Mom and I met with 4 incredible ladies this morning to do a workshop on The Thinking Environment, based on the work by Nancy Kline, Author of Time to Think.

The workshop was a lucky draw prize I won at my Xtraordinary Women breakfast earlier this month. It was given to me by the two ladies who facilitated the workshop, Misty Sutton-Pryce and Nikki Mercer.

What I learned was that we create a Thinking Environment for others when we give them our full attention, allowing them to speak, without interruption.

This gives someone the opportunity to do their best thinking.

Nancy Kline became very interested in the question:

How can we think better?

And she discovered that the single most important factor is how we are treated when we are thinking.

Fear inhibits thinking. Criticism inhibits thinking. Interruption inhibits thinking. Being interrupted and being slapped in the face look the same on a brain scan.

Attention enhances thinking. Appreciation enhances thinking. Encouragement enhances thinking.

Wealthy Affiliate - A Thinking Environment

It got me thinking... perhaps that's why we so many people flourish in this community.

At Wealthy Affiliate, we have the perfect conditions to ignite our own Thinking.

When we write a blog post on Wealthy Affiliate we get to do our own thinking, uninterrupted.

As members read our posts, they are giving us their attention.

We receive appreciation and encouragement.

It's a winning formula.

What's your favourite Thinking Environment?

When or where do you do your best thinking?

What helps you think best?

To Your Success