by Trish Springsteen | Apr 24, 2008 | Business, Personal Development, Women in Business
A fact that we often overlook is that not all stress is bad for us. Without stress we would not be able to perform at our optimum level. Stress can keep us on our toes, it can drive our creative instincts and after working under pressure we experience a high level of...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 22, 2008 | Business, Personal Development
There are a number of factors which cause stress and not all are related to work. It is being exposed to ‘stressors’ which creates the environment for the development of stress. There are two types of stressors ‘External’ stressors and ‘Internal’ stressors. External...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 20, 2008 | Business, Personal Development, Women in Business
Do you love your job? Even if you answered “Yes” I bet there are times when you will be under pressure. It is mainly in the workplace that we come under the most consistent pressure; pressure to achieve, pressure to perform or pressure to deliver. What we call stress...
by Trish Springsteen | Apr 6, 2008 | Communication, Personal Development
Socrates was probably one of the most original thinkers and educators in the ancient world. His style of education known as ‘ex duco’ was unique; it was a process of asking questions that drew out the answers from his students. His passion for asking awkward questions...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 30, 2008 | Business, Personal Development
Over the weekend I looked at the weeds in the vegie patch, and then at the new book I just received. Yeah! The book won.Edward De Bono has to be the master of creative thinking, and I have been a fan ever since I read about the “Six Thinking Hats” quite a few years...
by Trish Springsteen | Mar 25, 2008 | Personal Development
There is no getting away from it; we are where we are because of the choices we made in the past. Just think! if we changed just one of our choices we may be in a different place with different people!But we are who we are, and that means that faced with opportunities...
