by Trish Springsteen | May 24, 2009 | Public Speaking
Yesterday I had the misfortune to break a thread on my overlocker, which meant that I had to sit down and rethread it. Not a problem! While threading an overlocker is a relatively complicated exercise I had the ‘how to’ instruction book, which was easy to understand,...
by Trish Springsteen | May 21, 2009 | Personal Development, Public Speaking
And we sometimes do it to music – move it that is! Public Speakers who command the audience’s attention often need to consider not just what they say or even how they say it; they also need to think about where they say it from.At a recent convention I was asked for...
by Trish Springsteen | May 19, 2009 | Personal Development
We have had a bit of rain here in Caboolture, and the Lighthouse is standing firm amidst the chaos of rising waters around it. The roses are still standing proud, but the ground cover disappeared last night. I fell into a rather troubled sleep and dreamed of Jonathan...
by Trish Springsteen | May 11, 2009 | Communication, Personal Development
I heard a really good sound-bite yesterday “Worry is just a word”. It dropped into a conversation over our Mother’s Day Lunch, but it made me think about how we react to the words we hear. When I hear the word ‘worry’ I drop into my pessimistic attitude!If we hear...
by Trish Springsteen | May 4, 2009 | Communication, Leadership, Personal Development
Sometimes all it takes to stop us in our tracks is one failure. Sometimes the humiliation of defeat can be such that we are determined never to put ourselves out there again.We of course have been chanting the mantra “If at first you don’t succeed try, try again” for...
