The question is

Most companies do the same things, with access to the same resources, making the people, and the way that they think one of the few differentiators left.   

In this podcast Ricky questions Rob, exploring how we can turn thinking into a competitive advantage?

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Thinking underpins everything we do, driving the actions we take which deliver the results we get, yet most people just take thinking for granted.

Ricky and Richard explore how Thinking can have an impact on driving better results, showing how taking control of your thinking can deliver different results.

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Having the right mindset is often talked about in companies, but how can a mindset make a difference to results.

Paul and Ricky discuss how a growth mindset can help deliver better results, allowing individuals and teams to grow and learn from their failures as well as their successes.

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Ever wondered if there was anything you could do to motivate your team to achieve the goals and tasks that they have been set?

Ricky and Paul ponder this by exploring how relevance and purpose can be used to engage and motivate.

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Is visualisation an effective goal defining technique, or is it just day dreaming.

If you have big goals or aspirations, visualisation can be a very effective technique.  Rob discusses with Ricky how you can use your imagination to define your future.

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Some goals are easy to write down, they have clear defined outcomes.  However, goals for feelings, such as confidence, or for perceptions such as relationships or expectations are much harder to articulate.

In this episode, Rob explains to Richard how you can use a benchmark withing SMART to create clear simple goals around these harder to define areas.

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Ever asked one of your team, what do you think we should do?    

Did you even get an answer?

Getting people to contribute ideas sometimes can feel like pulling teeth, but it does not need to.  

Rob explains to Paul how, with a few simple steps, you can help everyone channel their creativity and expand the range of ideas available to you.  

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Have you noticed how some people use realistic, while others use relevant?  

So which is the right one, does it even matter?

Rob and Rich discuss the merits of both.  Maybe they might change your mind about which one to use.

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Is there just one way to write a goal, or are their different techniques?   

In this episode, Rob and Richard discuss how to select the most appropriate approach making defining your goal easy.

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Goal writing sometimes seems like a mystic art form, limited to a very few highly trained experts.  Are goals really that difficult?

Richard and Paul discuss how to make goal writing really simple.

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