by Trish Springsteen | Oct 11, 2009 | Business, Communication
I was recently asked a very interesting question – “How many different types of communication are there?”I opened my mouth to answer, but paused and engaged the brain first; because really, what is not communication? When you stop and think about it, just about...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 8, 2009 | Business, Communication, Personal Development
I am in the process of preparing a short presentation on ‘Assertive Communication’ and as per my normal practice I take my ideas and talk them through at the breakfast table with the husband.I think I may have mentioned before that we are fond of some intellectual...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 6, 2009 | Business, Personal Development
You know, I think ever since humans started measuring time, we have been chasing it. We really seem to misunderstand time; how many times have you heard, or have you said “If only I had more time!”Harassed mothers who ask for more hours in the day; overwhelmed...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 28, 2009 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development
About eighteen months ago, the husband and I had a slight contretemps! During a rather busy time for me he had arbitrary made a decision which affected both us, one which I did not agree with. In fact we had words – but my voice never rose above the decibel level of a...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 24, 2009 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
Yeah like that is going to happen. Let’s be perfectly honest between ourselves, we probably haven’t ever told anybody “all about ourselves” and that includes spouses and best friends. So let’s have a discussion on disclosure.Most of us have a real problem with ‘self...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 18, 2009 | Business, Communication, Personal Development
Ah! The joys of hypothesis, theory and scientific law! The uncomfortable feeling when they don’t mean what you want them to mean!I don’t want to get into a huge debate between scientific theory and law, only to say that when I went to school theory was something that...
