Thinking Life

Professor Forni founder of The Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins is America''s civility expert. In his first two books Choosing Civility and The Civility Solution he taught readers the rules of civil behavior and ways of responding to rudeness. Now in The Thinking Life he looks at the importance of thinking in our lives: how we do it why we don''t do enough of it and why we need to do more of it. In twelve short chapters he gives readers a remedy for the Age of Distraction an age fuelled by the internet Blackberries and cellphones all of which make constant demands on our attention diverting it from one thing to another. After suggesting ways we can find time to think more Forni shows readers how we can improve our abilities of:―Attention―Reflection―Introspection―Self-control―Positive thinking―Proactive thinking―Effective decision-making strategies―Creative thinking―Problem-solving strategiesJust as he did with civility he puts the importance of good thinking front and center in a book as simple and as profound as his earlier works.