Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

I'm starting to see posts that seem to suggest that motivation should be all stick, no carrot. By doing so you can motivate to produce even superb results. A vague compliment tells you nothing; a specific one tells you what to do more of. Similarly, a vague criticism is meaningless, while a specific one tells you what to correct.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

This brings to mind an article in a Men's Health I read regarding Intrinsic Motivation. Intrinsic motivation is when you do something because you love it, or have a passion for it, and because of that motivation, you do it better. The article outlines three things that signal someone as intrinsically motivated: 1.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 5, 2010

To contrast what some the other comments, I too believe that being self-employed is MUCH better than having a job because that's my personality to be self-motivated and I saw large flaws in some of the traditional job systems. There is far too much snark in our culture on this matter. Posted by Mark W.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 9, 2010

By the time you're close, you are so motivated to get there that it doesn't feel like work at all. When we see the big triumph its easy to get all motivated, but small things are which we need to keep on doing inspite of them being the most difficult to do. I think the most important thing is motivation and encouragement.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Posted by Kevins Promotional Products on December 14, 2009 at 1:55 pm | permalink | Reply As someone alluded to above – if you pay for a gym and you value money – that may be a great motivator. I recently recieved a free 6 month membership when I leased a car from my dealer – and I use it religiously.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

As someone who "reads people" for a living (recruiting and hr), it is absolutely critical to find out what type of person you are working with- on both ends! The best hiring situations that I've mediated are ones in which a personality (or behavioral psychology) test is utilized.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 6, 2010

I think it's important to not make people feel bad or stupid when they ask questions – intimidation doesn't motivate learning. It was forming as they asked it or became more clear while they were forming it (out loud). It's sometimes scary to ask a question – no one wants to look dumb, ill-prepared, etc.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 23, 2010

And sure, your alienation and that frustrating loss of direction and motivation hurts just as much physical pain does, and gets in the way of better intentions. You see, I had found my Soul, and for the first time in my life, I knew, Everything IS as it should be. And so I agree with Amy Parmenter. You’ll find your way Home, Penelope.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

People think their work situation is so complicated and I have to understand all the motivators. He tells me that I have a problem and I need to get over it. I get a lot of emails that read like the post I’m writing.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

It's been a great experience learning from a community of successful and motivated women who want to change the world by helping women attain wealth and power through entrepreneurship. But soon I will have to face the reality of unemployment when the internship is over, but now I have a greater network through Golden Seeds.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

A lot of us spend way too much time trying to mind-read to figure out what motivates the crazy normal people around us…which is distracting and depressing. It is what it is…admit that and find ways to deal with it.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 13, 2010

If you inspire someone to do a good job you've internally motivated them and they'll likely exceed your expectations. If you order someone to do a good job, they likely will (if they're capable) but do no more, being externally motivated. Leading is about inspiring, not ordering. Everything has been handed to them.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

ALSO on your sexy new wallpaper: - you can add prints of art that inspires you - make the kids feel proud by posting their latest artwork within the frames - write in inspirational quotes to stay motivated - risk adding some drawings of your own, lightly, in pencil or something else that can be changed on a whim Posted by Van on September 29, 2010 (..)

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

Posted by Red on July 10, 2010 at 8:38 am | permalink | Reply Penelope, you've made some good points re: the LeBron saga and what motivated him to relocate; perhaps when those in Cleveland and elsewhere take a break from burning his uni, they might consider what they themselves would do in a similar situation. I think I agree.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I can always pick them out too, because the HR recruiter will start with "So, you have a very unique resume" Posted by Farmer Anders on December 15, 2009 at 9:34 am | permalink | Reply If I was pretending to be a man at work, I would probably spend a lot less time caring if I was likeable. I know it has worked for me.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 15, 2010

It is quite difficult to motivate me on a Sunday but you have me thinking hard and reading like crazy. Amy Posted by @decoralora on April 18, 2010 at 9:32 am | permalink | Reply Sent here by another Canadian blogger and looks like I might be here for days and days… no wonder you have 40,0000 subscribers.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I think the Farmer and I could use some mutual motivation for not staring at the closed door so long that the open one shuts. ." It was an interesting point of view, because I've always been of similar mind to you and the above commenters. Just a thought.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Then get a GPS.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

And each of your break-ups has been motivated by fear of this growth and change, rather than by nastiness or gossip. We play hide and seek with our own motives. Awareness of every single motive, of all the biological/physiological mechanisms and sensory signals bombarding us would paralyze our capacity to act decisively.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 28, 2009

A Valentine for my husband Teaching old tropes new tricks: Community-building with a 21st-century twist Comments (24) Leave a Comment It's tempting to look to the number "1" as a motivation to start fresh and get things in order. That's fine if it works for you. Real life doesn't usually work like that.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

It is the motivating factor to get up by not having the morning routine. But remember, your sons don't care about getting out the door on-time so you'll have to motivate them some other way. A great site and motivator is [link] Read her free site and some of her "baby steps" concepts to get on the right track.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I needed the motivation! Focus on the ingredients, not the dish Your career ingredients include: key strengths, skills, values, natural style, the kinds of environments you thrive in, the kind of people you work best with etc So when speaking with recruiters and contacts: 1. Choose how you spend the time wisely! Perfect for a Monday.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

They may even give you the motivation needed to finally get that A project done. I'm stuck and nothing truly motivates me anymore. I have motivational issues when I am doing tedious things but when I am doing my work that I love, I have no problems. I try not to live or work by too many rules like this. " D A M N.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Inspiration and motivation are the factors that differentiate a leader from a boss, in my opinion. 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.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Be sure about your motives though. And yes, I would bring a man flowers, but never to 'buy him' - my motives are and have always been to bring a smile to the receiving person's face, something that will make THEM feel happy/happier. You don't owe a woman (or anybody else on this planet for that matter) anything.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It's really dangerous to think there are vastly different motivators in the non-profit world. You'll notice that in the for-profit world, in the new workplace, money is not a key motivator. You'll notice that in the for-profit world, in the new workplace, money is not a key motivator. "

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 30, 2010

Good managers will do their own recruiting by having their own great network. Posted by A Campbell on May 30, 2010 at 9:51 pm | permalink | Reply No one I know counts on HR to do recruiting for them. Lykteneau on May 31, 2010 at 6:55 am | permalink | Reply This is EXACTLY why recruitment will no longer be handled by HR in the future.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Don't hide what really motivates you; secretive people are not likable. I did a ton of research on spies and recruiting. Why are they so motivated to control him and his decisions? So I am back with the farmer, but we have new rules about what I can write. Well, I think we do. We were going to.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

" I think a lot of writers start out with essentially selfish motives (I know I did), which is a fine or at least okay way to start out; but if you want anyone else to actually read what you write, much less to pay for the privilege, your writing obviously has to give them something they want. I had 3 artists commit quick suicides.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

We are barely 30 and are desperate and motivated to be where we want and to have what we want. Posted by Indian Government Recruitment on November 6, 2009 at 2:02 am | permalink | Reply Some of my happiest memories of my childhood were spending time on my grandparents farm. it is looking that we have to more work hard in the field.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

There are no bad bosses The easiest instructions for how to start a blog Comments (66) Leave a Comment Good question/ test to check how relevant the original motivation(s) is(are)! Our best literature was written by people with nothing to lose and a voracious internal motivation to communicate their take on the world with written words.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

You are trying to motivate people to do the impossible and some "genius" is pulling the carpet out from under you. On being positive… Hang out with some "negative" people. You know, the ones who see all the problems. At some point you will realize that they are sucking all of the energy out of the room.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Posted by jesse on November 30, 2009 at 2:23 pm | permalink | Reply I would be more interested in finding out what motivates someone to ask specific question in the first place, one can ask questions to make other people feel miserable, arouses curiosity even chaos. Life is meaningless. Have fun or die.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

They might consider some of their actions "interesting", but the underlying motivation is competition. What happens is that the "I" people are very motivated to be thin, and nowadays you can achieve that through all sorts of unhealthy shortcuts: crazy diets, surgery or suspicious pills.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

I've done a fair amount of reading on happiness, but when it comes down to doing the simple activities that various books suggest to increase your level of happiness (spend 10 minutes each night writing down what you're grateful for, for example), I can never motivate myself to do it.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to know if you'll be good at sales Posted to: Finding a career | Knowing yourself | Recruiters November 19th, 2009 Del.icio.us For example, Justin was in recruiting, which makes sense because we are selling services that help recruiters.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Your themes and motivations are very consistent. I sure that the 70 million Americans who don't live in New York or its suburbs but watch the show would understand. If "Steve from the Early Show" wants a summary of your position, he can get it pretty easily from a half-dozen of your blog postings.

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