by Trish Springsteen | Aug 6, 2010 | Business, Personal Development, Women in Business
I do a lot of my work from home, and every day you will find me dutifully sitting in my office dealing with a number of exciting projects for our business. Friends who work in the traditional nine-to-five routine sigh nostalgically when they think about my working...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 30, 2010 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
I like alliteration! And I could think of no other way of describing what I wanted to talk about today.Last weekend we were privileged to be invited to attend a unique and high energy network event. Trischel was one of the sponsors, and as such we were given the...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 12, 2010 | Business, Communication, Personal Development
Most of the daily decisions we take, are taken quickly and easily. After all, what world shattering effect can result from a choice of either marmalade or peanut butter on my toast?When we go shopping, I don’t think it will engage the United Nations in negotiations if...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 6, 2010 | Communication, Personal Development, Public Speaking
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the role of the non-verbal dimension in communication, and especially the accuracy of Albert Mehrabian’s formula.Unfortunately we live in a world that seems to prefer sound bites rather than complete explanations and...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 4, 2010 | Business, Communication, Personal Development, Women in Business
Rogers and Hammerstein put it in a nutshell with their song “I’m just a girl who can’t say No” and alas it is not just the girl that can’t do it; there are an awful lot of the rest of us who can’t do it either.Why is it that even when we are up to our eyeballs in...
by Trish Springsteen | Jul 2, 2010 | Personal Development
When I was younger (much younger), and I moped about the house complaining of boredom and tiredness, my grandfather used to say “Sounds like you’ve got no petrol in your tank!”He used to find tasks around the home or garden which he claimed needed doing right now, and...
