by Trish Springsteen | Aug 25, 2008 | Communication, Public Speaking
I was sitting around one day, gazing at the computer screen and wondering what life was all about.Work was slow, and life seemed rather tedious – then I read one of those new-age books that said “light this candle, chant these words and your life will change!” So I...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 17, 2008 | Communication, Public Speaking, Training
When I was engaged in training in for a Government Department, we had to devise a new training course to reflect new legislation. The Act had been passed, the implications had been studied, and the critical teaching points had been extracted. It was now time to decide...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 14, 2008 | Business, Leadership, Personal Development
The old saying is that nothing is as certain as death and taxes … but I am adding one more certainty – we are all going to make mistakes.Being in business means that we have to be decisive; we must make decisions and having to make decisions inevitably leads to...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 12, 2008 | Personal Development
I am not sure how I am going to get through the next two weeks – I already seem to have had an overdose of our national obsession with medals. What happened to the thrill of participation?Last Friday I visited my granddaughter’s school sports day, and immersed myself...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 11, 2008 | Business, Communication, Public Speaking
We all have heard the saying … “never assume because you make an ass out of you and me.. easier said than done. Too often we do assume. We assume we have heard correctly and jump in to answer the question we think we heard and not the one that was asked.We assume that...
