by Trish Springsteen | Oct 29, 2008 | Communication, Personal Development
I didn’t blog yesterday because it was my birthday and I was in a great mood – which is not in itself a reason not to blog – but I wanted to address an email I received that took me to task for my “Pollyanna attitude to life.”John, (my correspondent) is obviously...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 23, 2008 | Business, Leadership, Personal Development
One of the most used phrases when I was in the army was “Keep It Simple Stupid”. We used it in relation to explanations of difficult concepts. We tried to make them as simple as possible as long as the basic premises were not compromised.It was a long way to the army...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 19, 2008 | Business, Personal Development
I am beginning to think that Lewis Carroll was a great self-development guru! I have been re-reading ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and have realised that there are some fantastic lessons for living within that great classic.For instance:“Cheshire Puss,” said Alice, “would you...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 12, 2008 | Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Development
Okay – so I’m just showing off my French! But I though I might talk about “Change”today. With the ever growing financial crisis many companies are looking at the way they carry out their business to evaluate whether they need to change.Over the last two or three...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 7, 2008 | Business, Leadership, Personal Development
It is surprising how often we end up like Oliver Wendell Holmes (The Philosopher at the Breakfast Table) in our house. I am involved in some in depth research on the qualities of Leadership for modern situations, and as part of my refresher reading I picked up the...
by Trish Springsteen | Oct 2, 2008 | Communication, Personal Development
I have to tell you that the husband was not impressed with a previous blog detailing his inability to read the instructions. As far as I knew he never read the blog, but I was wrong. Anyway, we managed to negotiate domestic peace and I promised never to introduce him...
