More Time to Think: The power of independent thinking

When we don’t value each other’s identity differences, we don’t value our divergent thinking.

Feelings

real help is giving people the framework in which to generate their own ideas first.

The excitement starts when we start noticing them, and then replace the untrue ones with true ones, and put the true ones into that particularly powerful kind of question, an Incisive Question,

if you could decide that today, from this point forward, you would never again interrupt people, your impact on them and the quality of your relationships would deepen immediately.)

Ease Offering freedom from internal rush or urgency Ease creates; urgency destroys When it comes to helping people think for themselves, sometimes doing means not doing

A catalyst in biochemistry is an amazing thing. It is a substance that increases the rate of a change without being consumed or changed itself. A catalyst also lowers the energy required for the change, allowing the change to proceed more quickly or at a lower temperature.

When we are thinking, the Place needs to say back to us, “You matter.” That is all. And that is everything. When we know that we matter, we think at our best.

Incisive Questions