Smart Thinking

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The course content is drawn from The Smart Thinking Book. It contains over 70 bursts of distilled wisdom based on 6 areas: business growth; communication; innovation; creativity; relationships and thinking. There are 12 provocative thoughts in each area. The book is a UK best seller.

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