CONTACT The First Four Minutes Author:Leonard Zunin, M.D. with Natalie Zunin The Four-Minute Barrier...a short moment in time when satisfying human contacts will be established...or denied. — *Strangers meet at a party, and after a brief conversation each realizes they will be friends, possibly lovers. — *A teacher walks into the classroom, addresses the students with a few words, and suddenly everyone pays attention. — *A ... more »parent greets a child warmly, so that both of them can share their good and bad feelings.
*Husband and wife meet each other at the end of the day and enjoy a tender moment as if they hadn't seen each other in weeks.« less
What you do in the first four miuets of an encounter, whether social family, business or sexual determines the pleasure and sucess ot the relationship.