Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Befriend the intern to fire up your career Posted to: Networking | Promoting Yourself July 30th, 2010 Del.icio.us Think of quitting as a networking event. I'd imagine all these apply, especially the network bit, but would you add anything?

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

I'm a business student and I lead a business presentation two weeks ago to the US Director of Recruiting for Cummins, a Fortune 500 company, about Gen Y and recruiting them via social media networking. There are only a handful of major corporations whose sense of social purpose is intertwined with their business strategy.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 5, 2010

Posted by Margaret Goerig on August 5, 2010 at 12:25 pm | permalink | Reply If you want to talk about great business ideas and marketing strategy, check out the history of Certified Angus Beef. That's where network marketing can be a benefit to those that seek to be self-employed but lack the experience or training.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

You may learn not only from their character traits, but also from their strategies and techniques, both where these approaches worked and where they didn't. I think a more fruitful avenue may be reading biographies of people whom you admire, not necessarily people who have been successful.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

The book "Trust Agents" discusses how contacts and networks in combination with skill and expertise lead to success. You're building a great network here. I had the body type and dedication, but never had access to the coach that could have taken me to the next level. I got frustrated and quit.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Posted by Tina on December 12, 2009 at 4:54 am | permalink | Reply Tina, yep, I agree that's a great strategy too. , preferably with an extremely supportive and understanding person. But, hey– maybe that's just me. Bring the pain into your body, magnify it and really feel the burn of it.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 6, 2010

When I taught 6th grade we spent an entire unit at the beginning of the year learning questioning (the Socratic method and other questioning strategies). ." And you are absolutely right about questions. You see, some public school teachers do know what's going on. Also, I think that steampunk style will look awesome in a farm house.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

In some ways, the economic downturn was a great thing because it forced the big breeders to rethink their strategy and to slow down. The problem took years to create, and it will take years to sort out. Many responsible breeders have chosen not to breed anything in the past two years as a result. This is not a bad thing.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 22, 2010

Are there any strategies that are effective in handling this? Is the most important thing to getting a good network? I've moved three times for a guy, giving up a great network and great job each time. I like when people have already done some research—it usually helps them have a good question.] Something like that.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The best strategy I've picked up is to bring a small photo album of my family with me. I've been meeting cool Twitter friends as they come through San Francisco too – hey, you're always telling us we should network more! I love hanging out with random people in random cities who I may not otherwise have met.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 15, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Underrated career skill: Asking questions Posted to: Managing Up | Networking December 15th, 2009 Del.icio.us Is this your first time here? It makes sense that everyone could do the same thing.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

So my new strategy is to focus on one "side project" at a time apart from my full time job as Program Manager at Microsoft. Posted by kelley on February 2, 2010 at 4:11 pm | permalink | Reply It's all about the network, real or perceived. In 2 years, I prototyped only 2 of them, and kept talking about the others.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Mate pairing is an important social strategy. Posted by Margarita on December 8, 2009 at 11:27 am | permalink | Reply I too should be married. For entirely different reasons, but yes, definitely. Posted by mordicai on December 8, 2009 at 11:30 am | permalink | Reply Thanks for the additional details. " I cut him some slack up till now.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

Posted by Dave Atkins on January 11, 2010 at 1:57 pm | permalink | Reply I think there are a ton of organizational strategies that can make things calmer at the Trunk household. You manage as best you can until it falls apart and then you pick up the pieces and manage again. Throw away the ones with holes.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

Make a plan to manage your success 3 great time management strategies I'm failing at Comments (148) Leave a Comment Not soporiferous at all (A very interesting word btw; 'sopor' meaning sleep and 'ferous' meaning savage. And how about a braided career?

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

I've spent years learning to cope with asperger like issues and it is comforting to hear other peoples similar strategies. Posted by Amy on September 30, 2009 at 3:33 pm | permalink | Reply It's really interesting to me, 'Lope, that you're such a good networker. I do that too, everywhere. And I feel so awkward.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

He may not be able to do this himself very easily so a good support network is very important. I need to think more strategy, planning. Days spent in business meetings and business networking leave me wiped out because I invest so much energy trying to be self-aware and reading cues from the people I'm with.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

As the CEO of a start-up she could, for example, make a quick decision to change the sales strategy; however as an executive for an environmental non-profit she always spent lots of time drafting climate change policy and reviewing it with a diverse array of stakeholders.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 16, 2010

we will survive, but today, well, I'm trying to figure out any new marketing strategy. my creative juices just don't seem to flow as well as on sunny days. so I continue to take my vitamin D and realize this will pass. we are never alone with our emotions, look how many people related to your post.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 30, 2010

Good managers will do their own recruiting by having their own great network. Are you reacting to their judgements or is this the exit strategy? And managers already recruit through networks – at least in areas of short supply, or PAs who they take from job to job with them. So there won’t be a reason for HR.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Posted by MZA on January 6, 2010 at 10:12 am | permalink | Reply Yes, it's called "Good Eats" and it's on the Food network. When these coping strategies carry over into adulthood, the strategies cause problems and the now-adult spends all his time fixing those problems. Best to you and the farmer, Penelope.

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MARCH 18, 2025

Implications for workplace strategies to attract, motivate, and retain employees in search of meaning or purpose in life are also suggested. Implications for workplace strategies to attract, motivate, and retain employees in search of meaning or purpose in life are suggested. When people look back [.],

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Penelope Trunk

JUNE 21, 2010

system or how to wire RS-232 connections – or books on strategy hints for games nobody has played for a decade. Penelope Posted by Penelope Trunk on June 23, 2010 at 8:14 am | permalink | Reply I threw away about 200 pounds of books last week. The best you can do with those is recycle. " No, no, no!

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Your blog is about career strategy, but also about a pretty interesting person – Penelope Trunk. Posted by John on October 6, 2009 at 11:38 am | permalink | Reply Blogs are most interesting, I think, when they have a couple of topics that collide in interesting ways. Posted by Ann on October 6, 2009 at 12:28 pm | permalink | Reply Oh.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 12, 2010

3 great time management strategies I'm failing at Productivity tip: Face-to-face contact energizes your brain Comments (75) Leave a Comment too true – refound my work 'start' button today … and it was that easy – just start – it was such a relief !

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Watching it like a play is a very good strategy Posted by Kerry on November 25, 2009 at 1:30 pm | permalink | Reply So very funny! " Because I came here, and I married a cheesehead, and I got Wisconsin in-laws. The way these people handle conflict is…indescribable. It really is. All I can say is: 1. Good luck 2. I love it.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Posted by Sam on December 22, 2009 at 8:58 am | permalink | Reply Penelope, I think the wall at work is much bigger than you imagine, and no amount of better listening strategies will get you over it. Write about how to find autonomy at work, about the farmer, about how to network and build a community. Write more. P.S. How the H.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 12, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 4 Types of questions get us in trouble Posted to: Interviewing | Knowing yourself | Networking October 12th, 2009 Del.icio.us For more strategies on interviewing and asking questions that you may find interesting, my blog is listed below.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

You could even say we're all studies in the use of various strategies to become happy, some far more successful than others. Finally, I don't agree that the pursuit of happiness is vacuous. Happiness rarely comes to people who don't work at it. In any event, this is a big discussion. Looking forward to the opinions of others.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

A lot of pre-attack strategy goes into it. (no pun intended – but I see the farmer connect ;)). Farmers cultivate long term relationships with regular nurturing. Hunters' sales process, to put it crudely, is like a pride of lions hunting. And final sales close is swift, deft and precise. Hunters for big deals are like that.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

It's easier to jump in (albeit perhaps at a lower level) after taking time off if you have more experience and a stronger network in your hip pocket. Are woman not indirectly helping men to excel by making room for more men to have greater opportunities than if they were not to adopt such an instinctive strategy?

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

We are talking strategy and he says that startups are always changing. The strategy changes, the tactics change. I only go into my office when I have to, and today I have to because we are having an all-day meeting with the CEO who has flown in from DC. He says it has happened at every startup he’s ever had.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 23, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog We're nearing the end of email, maybe Posted to: Networking | Self-management April 23rd, 2010 Del.icio.us But then I thought about the viral nature of communication via social networks, and the statistic started to make sense. communication.

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