by Trish Springsteen | Sep 16, 2008 | Communication, Personal Development
“Alice laughed: “There’s no use trying,” she said; “one can’t believe impossible things.””I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 15, 2008 | Communication, Personal Development
Or even Melancholic or Choleric? Yes even the Greeks were at it in 190AD – analysing personality types that is. Sanguine et al are personality types described by Galen the Greek physician (c130-201AD) which can be referred to as the ‘Four Temperaments’ or the ‘Four...
by Trish Springsteen | Sep 2, 2008 | Personal Development
How do you define yourself? What values are important to you?Here is an exercise that we sometimes use in our self-development courses. Take a blank sheet of paper and make a list of 10 words that describe the most important aspects of who you are. Some items may be...
by Trish Springsteen | Aug 27, 2008 | Personal Development, Public Speaking
Often when we engage in public speaking we are engaging in a selling exercise. It could be that we want to sell our product, our ideas, our opinions or even ourselves in interviews – but whatever it is, we must engage our audience on two levels.First we need to give...
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...
