Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Also I believe that if your goal it to have followers, some ways to get to this it to not focus on twitter alone but make it a piece of a global social platform strategy, which involves building some sort of network around yourself. It's a whole "field" it itself now.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

There are only a handful of major corporations whose sense of social purpose is intertwined with their business strategy. Doing well by doing good is the right attitude, but for most, employers are not quite following the plot.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

Ryan Paugh , who was basically my intern when I met him , and now he's almost my boss and definitely my social-skills mentor , tells me that I am popular because I'm interesting but that I suck at self-promotion. (He After a year there, one of the senior partners approached me and asked if he could be my mentor. I asked why.

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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 hilarious. It all started with a simple idea to create a marketing company.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 6, 2010

It’s the best way to have a meaningful conversation and it’s the best way to rope in a mentor or look like a star performer. 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). That rings true to me. It's a perfect match. ?

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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

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? I like when people have already done some research—it usually helps them have a good question.] I can't go without a job so it's a difficult situation. 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. Posted by Leftcoast on November 12, 2009 at 11:27 am | permalink | Reply My business travel is a bit unusual: I'm generally gone for a month or more at a time.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 15, 2009

And if you think you’re above this strategy, consider this: Companies do this all the time, they just call the temporary help consultants instead of therapists. It makes sense that everyone could do the same thing. Recognize questions that are hard for you but easy for everyone else I just had lunch with one of my board members, Erik.

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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. For some reason, your voice seems to get through to her much better and smoother than mine on topics like frugality etc. : ) She totally looks up to you as a mentor! For me, and for my girlfriend!

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I'd like to add one idea from a mentor of mine, who led big organizations in both sectors. Posted by Heather on October 30, 2009 at 4:33 am | permalink | Reply I've worked in both non-profits and for-profits, and in organizations bridging that gap, and I agree with what you are saying here. Salesforce.com rocks!

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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. However, many people with aspergers develop coping strategies. I have Attention Deficit Disorder, and have developed many coping strategies over the years that only my closest friends and relatives know about.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I need to think more strategy, planning. Posted by mrs. kirk on October 29, 2009 at 5:01 pm | permalink | Reply I'm going to make sure I'm better prepared for the next meeting. I was already working on a (short) list but now I'm worried.

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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

Are you reacting to their judgements or is this the exit strategy? The readers want US, not THEM and their brilliant strategies for "monetizing" and "paywalls" and all that other bullshit. I agree with Jessica, though, that you aren't sounding like your well-thought-out-and-clever-insight-delievering self.

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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

JANUARY 6, 2010

You do this through all types of strategies, whatever each of you thinks will work at the time: negotiating, breaking up, silent treatment, yelling, scapegoating relatives, appealing to passion, and so on. I am delighted to hear that you are rethinking this relationship strategy. You both do it. He caved to the parents.

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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. Thanks to RobDC, I think I have a new strategy to try to correct this unproductive habit at work. P.S. How the H. So thank you for that.)

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 12, 2009

I spend days dreaming up the perfect question for my mentor who I haven’t spoken to in a month. Posted by Jacqueline on October 12, 2009 at 1:45 pm | permalink | Reply "I spend days dreaming up the perfect question for my mentor who I haven’t spoken to in a month. The question that generates an answer you can’t cope with.

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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

But then, when I told one of my mentors that I’m not good at sales, he said, “Of course you’re good at sales. A lot of pre-attack strategy goes into it. For example, I’m an open book—I have very little ability to bluff or play my hand close to my—actually, what is that expression? I don’t even know the expression.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

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? Then why shouldn't woman not take advantage of sluggish job market?

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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

At work, when I have to discuss the strategy for launching a new product with a business partner, we use email accounts securely stored in our corporate servers. Posted by Amy on April 23, 2010 at 7:56 pm | permalink | Reply In my opinion, the email will continue to exist for a long time, even if in a smaller scale.

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