Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

Am I getting good at writing career advice? Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts The sign of a great career is having great opportunities, and saying no Stumbling on Happiness Popular posts of 2009. I don't read your blog for career advice, I can get that anywhere. Subscribe -- free!

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Frugality is a career tool Posted to: Money February 1st, 2010 Del.icio.us What I have spent money on was always intended to help me with my career. I am convinced that frugality is a key quality for a successful career. We know this.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts How to recognize bad advice about work Learn goal-setting from the Olympics List of things I hate Career adjustments: Tips from Liz Phair Twentysomething: Paychecks are boring Comments (87) Leave a Comment Gym therapy is excellent. " Subscribe -- free! Day by day.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 9, 2010

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts Most jobs are creative, if you are creative The new stay-at-home dad paves new paths for moms 9/11: Digging myself out of the debris Choosing between a kid and a career Do you overemphasize happiness? Comments (145) Leave a Comment This is the best post thus far.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook The first step to growing a good career in the face of Asperger's Syndrome is to recognize that this is a social skills deficit, by definition, and work, by definition, is a social skills decathlon. They stayed because I have built such a good career for myself. They put up with it.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 23, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to be lost with panache Posted to: Finding a career | Knowing yourself August 23rd, 2010 Del.icio.us And, look, I’m accomplishing numbers one and three from my list right here. Is this your first time here? So I have a role model.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

I think this probably means that you only need 30 twitter followers who really care about what you say if you are using twitter to build a network that will support you in your career. First, I don't even see how you accomplish what you set out to do. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. Take this test.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to take intelligent risks Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Finding a career | Quitting | Self-management September 29th, 2010 Del.icio.us And successful people who make big career mistakes are able to reframe the mistakes so they don’t matter.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 13, 2010

There are women who got MBAs it their late twenties when it has been shown that this is a good career move for men, but not for women who want to have children. Cathy Benko's book on Mass Career Customization a great starting point for non-linear career advice.) There are women who did not have kids. Get a tribe.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

This starts off as a post about whether to stay safe in a comfortable, harmonious environment or to choose the greater risk and potentially unknown payback inherent in moving to advance a career. His ego-maniacal, selfish attitude would not help him move up the career ladder. It is entirely about money- he said so.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

I certainly am a fan of working from home and believe that you have a set boundaries and expectations so that you are productive and focused on getting things accomplished to be successful. Maybe I will start writing meat posts as career advice… you never know. He has a great meat library that I go through slowly. every day.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Thanks Penelope :) Eduard Posted by Ideas With A Kick on November 12, 2009 at 4:46 am | permalink | Reply To your first point, if your priority is sightseeing, then having a job with lots of travel is a good way to accomplish the goal. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. The one from Ada, Ohio. Take this test.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 12, 2010

And I have spent a lot of my career trying to figure out how sex and power go together in a legitimate way. I am interested to hear how her career will progress. She has accomplish nothing so far in her life. There is a history of women’s sexuality not being compatible with legitimate power. Donate money to Ball’s campaign.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Posted by JR on December 1, 2009 at 10:20 am | permalink | Reply It is indeed amazing, and all the more admirable that she has been able to accomplish so much in spite of her disadvantages. For me, and others that are interested in career management, the post is dissapointing. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Posted to: Career fulfillment October 9th, 2009 Del.icio.us Find that in your career. I have been happiest in my career while working under an inspirational leader and inversely the most miserable when I have worked for a dream crushing boss. Find that in your career." Is this your first time here? " Very nice.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts I'm moving out of New York City None of us has especially unique career trouble – not even Emily Gould Do you need a career coach or a shrink? Only one son chose farming as his career. That's gotta be a blow for any grown adult man.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 7, 2010

interesting dynamic relates to careers, specifically interviews. As evidenced by the disparate subjects of my two favorite blogs (happiness; intentionally provocative career advice with a dose of drama & self-reflection), I disagree that people are drawn toward either happiness or interestingness at the expense of the other.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

Even if I manage to do that, I will not feel like I have accomplished something important today. And then, when it turns out that it really does mean sleep inducing I didn’t feel accomplished. And how about a braided career? Once you are drama free, you could actually focus on accomplishing more goals.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

You're accomplishing herculean tasks few women ever think of attempting. Since you don't have a husband and you have your own career, I think it's fair to allow yourself a little extra help in the morning. Ask yourself if you're doing the right things to accomplish this, not whether you measure up to June Cleaver.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog We overestimate the gap between nonprofit and for-profit jobs Posted to: Finding a career | Fulfillment October 30th, 2009 Del.icio.us So, here is a new way to think about careers in the non-profit sector: 1. And you know what?

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

But it's hard to take your career advice seriously when you come unhinged and call the employer of some nobody just because he was an ass to you on Twitter, then take the feud public on your "professional" blog. That's not how to manage your career. So I'd say the mission was accomplished! Lotsa traffic.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Even though you say you only do it at work… No way I could, which is why IT is the best career for me. Winning is usually accomplished by placing the ball where your opponent isn't located: either you put the ball there yourself or you pass your team-mate so they can put the ball there.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 16, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog When you're feeling lost, don't hide Posted to: Finding a career | Knowing yourself August 16th, 2010 Del.icio.us I wrote my book because I did not have a road map and I am wanted other people to have a road map to do a career like I did.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I think too often we are so worried about accomplishing as many tasks as we can that we don't focus enough on the task that is right in front of us. As are many of your post titles that ostensibly have something to do with career advice. I have been reading your old posts about happiness, it's relation to career, money etc.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 30, 2010

Which is good because it’s a cost center, which means there are no line manager positions in HR, so it’s a dangerous career move for everyone. My career as a workplace genius is not over. And anyway, my career was never built on me being conventional. Penelope, your true and accomplished voice at this time is writing.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

the career stuff is ok, but it feels like you write that when you are being boxed in by those around you. Write about how you have been successful in your career despite your Aspergers, although I think you might not like this because as you mentioned in a previous post, it would glorify the abnormal. And your life is redemptive.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 12, 2010

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts Will taking drugs help your career? It can ruin your career if the harasser is persistent enough. Posted by Alisa Bowman on May 12, 2010 at 7:25 am | permalink | Reply Well, that's my point: That it can't ruin your career. Subscribe -- free!

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts Guest post: How to start a business if you know nothing about business How to get good ideas for startups Career lessons about grit (and nepotism) from Oscar-nominee Sofia Coppola Live call today, 3 P.M. And going to school for a career is not the norm in my family.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to hit a wall at work, with grace Posted to: Career fulfillment | Knowing yourself December 22nd, 2009 Del.icio.us I have been lost before in my career. At this point in my career, I have a lot of achievements. I know that.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I have always thought that blogging is a way to reach your career goals. You might be sick of hearing about my company here, but, you might also be happy to know that I’ve accomplished that goal, too. Posted to: Goal setting | How to blog November 17th, 2009 Del.icio.us Regain my sanity.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 12, 2010

I definitely struggle with moving too fast and trying too accomplish too much, always on the go. Each day I make a list of three things to accomplish (on the really stuck days that can include things like having a healthy lunch) and at the end of the day revisit. So many things to accomplish, so many ideas to work on.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Posted by Joyce on September 15, 2010 at 9:30 pm | permalink | Reply First of all, what does the use of the F word have to do with a career right now, except not to use it in a professional environment which is common sense. Many of my students have gone on to extremely successful art careers. And I really miss saying fuck.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts How to choose a career to get the lifestyle you want New financial data highlights generational rifts I'm moving out of New York City My 9/11 day. Or is it in your entire career that requires all your focus? . -2 to 2 You are suspiciously well balanced.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Most people with Asperger’s, even if they are geniuses at, say, engineering (which is very common ) get in trouble mid-career for lack of social skills. Or just continue to pity them all, no matter how much they accomplish in life? I hate the glorification of abnormal. It’s not fun or glamorous. She also drinks a lot.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

His book, Create Your Own Economy , is about how the information flow of the Internet allows us to manage our careers differently than before. Forget about happiness because it's an elusive, poorly defined notion, and just focus on living your life to accomplish those concrete things that you wrote out. Gen Y, sound familiar?).

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

This is the most up-to-date career advice you’re going to get for dealing with a down-in-the-dumps job market. Whatever the reason, unemployment early in a career hurts women more than men… Read the rest of this column at BNET. Is a woman who is itching to get her career going really ready for kids instead? But it’s not.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Sorry to be a downer but creativity in the workplace is highly overated and tough to accomplish. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. 481 comments) Dont try to dodge the recession with grad school (436 comments) Bad career advice: Do what you love What generation are you part of, really? The one from Ada, Ohio.

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