Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Notes from a grouchy networker Comments (58) Leave a Comment Hi Penelope, Interesting points about taking risks! I recently saw Erick Goss speak at a conference on media trends, and the best advice he gave was to find cheap ways to fail because there were no guaranteed solutions.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

It may make you feel good to give someone compliments, or vindicated to tell them what they did wrong, but constructive criticism often requires pulling yourself out of the situation and engaging compassionately in finding solutions. Or is the only solution to find another job with another manager who does care? Much harder.

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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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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I tell him, "Good job finding a solution to your problem." Doing things ONLY for rewards is a problem, but one I suspect rarely occurs in these situations – and when it does, the solution is unlikely to be less rewards, but more boundaries or a raising of the bar. Subscribe -- free!

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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? Wrote down everywhere I looked to ASK QUESTIONS. I never knew how to LISTEN. Being me is good enough!

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

I am looking for solutions. I have to bite into seven before I find one I like, and I lay in bed in between bites in case I have to cry, and then I bite four more to find a second one of the kind I like, and then there are broken chocolates strewn across my bed. I am not crying, though. I think I am past that.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

I have been thinking about your problem some more and I think I understand why you didn't come up with the solution I had (to get your own office in town) on your own. Posted by Alan Perkins on October 15, 2010 at 6:11 pm | permalink | Reply Janet here again. There are psychological issues involved.

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MARCH 18, 2010

" So forget webinar.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Posted by BJ Lindy on March 6, 2010 at 9:38 pm | permalink | Reply The Farmer must read all comments and could have come up with the solution: he should buy you a coat or give you one of his. Now they are both off at school and by the time they get home at the end of the day it's nice to have a very welcome interruption from them!

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APRIL 15, 2010

I guess there’s no real solution besides maybe trying to understand other people’s priorities. That’s why crying is so important, it’s a visual signal of just how much the other person wants to get their way. Men should cry more. But then it would just be a race to see who could work up tears fastest. What would that look like?

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

As an engineer I always try to think of technology solutions to problems like this. Sometimes the simplest solution is the least obvious. This may seem like a Pollyanna solution. Like I can't use a Moleskine to track my todo list because I can't reorder items and clear out crossed out items if it's on paper.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Something with a 24-hour on-call number, lots of opportunity for online networking, and required practice sessions with the whole "awkward conversation/drink holding" tango. There could be body language index cards! Sooo…you wanna start another business? ." "This is not easy.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

The solution made me feel the ground, which made me not clumsy, which made me confident, which propelled me toward the right one just around the corner. And let us know… Posted by Cathy on December 14, 2009 at 8:07 pm | permalink | Reply Before the right one comes along, there are only wrong ones.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

Use solutions-based language in tense conversations. Posted by MS on January 8, 2010 at 11:06 am | permalink | Reply A cheap & easy solution to the lost keys problem: find a visible place to hang your keys. Except for the slow eaters, these are bounded problems with reliable solutions. Often, the keys aren't there.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I think the best solution would be to take riding lessons first. Also you don't mention exactly why you want a horse. I think I know why and it's for your older son with autism. The horse would be good for him.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

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. Much of the time, when I network I fall into "hypnotic pacing", where I'm copying the other person's demeanor back at them.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Last week at a breakfast networking event, I didn't recognize the woman sitting next to me…ack. And she's stuck and not finding solutions. Posted by Ellen on November 24, 2009 at 2:54 pm | permalink | Reply I know what you mean, Ellen – I often have trouble matching faces with names. I am a top U.S.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

EEG neurofeedback training is the best solution because it trains the brain out of that pattern. You can read about that adventure and how Yoga was part of the solution by searching for "Fender Bender" on my [link] blog.) Offhand, I don't know of any Asperger people who don't have this (or have had it).

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

My family and many other families have been able to find a solution to this type of situation. " It is described as a tool for farmers and others in the agricultural community to communicate clearly, negotiate effectively, and to find fair and workable solutions. My family incorporated the business many, many years ago.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I wonder, is there really one blanket solution for women in this situation? 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. Three months after I arrived in the US there was a crash and a recession, still I found great jobs.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, to be happy, decide what is possible: The perfect solution doesn't have to be immaculate. It's 7pm and your guests are arriving and it's all fine.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

Write about how to find autonomy at work, about the farmer, about how to network and build a community. Because for some reason, a feasible solution is usually included with the "why," a bit like getting that second ShamWow for free. I think what "people" want is solutions. Write more. It's fascinating.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Don't disadvantage the people who love you and depend on you by closing this marriage to a healthy outside perspective that can give you tools to solve problems well before the solution set gets narrowed down to divorce or worse. You motivated me to get moving on social networking, jump in and learn to swim.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 30, 2010

i think the needle-point thing is a creative solution. As I constantly am looking for ways to bring you successful ways to become better at career networking. So for a lot of people career networking is really hard. Posted by D on August 31, 2010 at 11:24 pm | permalink | Reply 1. you used one of my favorite words, pedantic.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

This is true of how to network , how to parent , how to manage people and also how to write about your life. This is true of how to network, how to parent, how to manage people and also how to write about your life." I understand how it applies for parenting and management, but networking is a hurdle for me.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 7, 2010

I find happiness in material things, sure, but I'm happy when I'm with friends that remind me of where I'm from and what we've been through, when I'm with my girlfriend and can think about building a future with her, and when I'm alone and can organize thoughts, make plans, and find solutions.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

I wish that I could offer a solution, but alas, I'm just a searcher like yourself. Keep your head up, try to stay positive, and just LIVE!

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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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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I have seen many organizations with highly successful sales organizations based on team collaboration (internally among the staff) and consultative solution discovery (externally with customers). Posted by Jim C. on November 20, 2009 at 5:03 pm | permalink | Reply You're pigeon-holing yourself and sales people.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

' Solution? I did have to back pedal a little when my youngest – at the age of two – threw a puzzle she was struggling with into the air with an exasperated 'for fuck's sakes!' Explaining that she was saying it wrong – it's 'four five six'!

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 3, 2010

This can inevitably grow your network/career. And I love your solution in your #4 point. So I wonder, does anyone have other solutions? The bid process -itemized- educates you as to the range of options and possible solutions available. I fully subscribe to accommodating your boss' idiosyncracies (if poss.),

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. As you say, "if you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem", and I see the problem as people who get too caught up in concealing their desires behind some elaborate facade they think would be more pleasing.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

But there's no magic solution. There may indeed be no "magic solution", but all the "sprinkles" you wrote about will ultimately continue to brighten your life. May God keep you and bless you and provide a solution so you can obtain the desires of your heart. Being lost cannot be avoided. Virtual hugs.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

. "Hope and Change" are not solutions. Change is a solution. Slogans are not a plan. And the CEO never does the real work. You should know that… Posted by MichaelG on October 9, 2009 at 12:49 pm | permalink | Reply Michael, Pres. Obama is not the CEO of the U.S. He a the nominated leader.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

kids' schools), the naval gazing and constant weighing of options is really really boring (and, as a math-y finance type, I can't help but think that the time-opportunity-cost of finding the maximum outweighs any possible benefit over the 99th percentile solution.) Even on things that actually are somewhat important (e.g.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

My company, Brazen Careerist , just launched a company section in our social network. And Jeremy Owyang, from Forrester Research reports that, "In approximately two years social networks will be more powerful than corporate web sites. If your not part of the solution, your part of the problem. It's a Safari bug.

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