Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to put blog comments to good use Posted to: Learn to take advice December 8th, 2009 Del.icio.us Posted by M on December 8, 2009 at 11:11 am | permalink | Reply I cannot help but agree with M that you are brave not to make decisions out of fear.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

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 know I learn more from mine than anything I can impart to them. Mine are wrapped. I want mastery, but also variety.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 9, 2010

Someone whose income is regularly less than mine would probably jump for joy at my paycheck. The times when all I can accomplish is one foot in front of the other, one moment at a time… Posted by Necie on March 9, 2010 at 1:55 pm | permalink | Reply Just because you told your readers to shut up. This is me everyday.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Posted to: Career fulfillment October 9th, 2009 Del.icio.us Posted by econobiker on October 9, 2009 at 9:47 am | permalink | Reply I have to say, Obama has just as much BS in his politics as any other politician that makes it to president. Posted by JR on October 9, 2009 at 9:54 am | permalink | Reply That's how mesmerized I am.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Posted by Ari Herzog on September 28, 2010 at 2:28 pm | permalink | To manage my Twitter account, I use [link] (I found the link via @swissmiss, which is a favorite blog o'mine). First, I don't even see how you accomplish what you set out to do. This post is lazy and misguided at best. Who is the audience for this advice?

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 23, 2010

And, look, I’m accomplishing numbers one and three from my list right here. I do it for mine, too. After that the title is irrelevant—you go to a blog because of a good recommendation, not because of a good name. So my blog there is called Free Beer. And I’ll be posting on this blog when there’s a new post on Free Beer.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

But every time I walk through my hall, I think about how important it is to take risks with my house – because that’s what makes it mine. There are a lot of problems with my hallway now — most notably, I used Elmer's glue instead of wallpaper paste and I'm going to have to pull down the wallpaper and start over.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

A few years ago, an architect colleague of mine quit to start his own firm. From a macro perspective, it pays to penetrate this level of social networks to get things accomplished. " I love this quote. Monica is approaching it like Keith would: if you need to get to someone, target the gatekeeper and get to know the PERSON.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

He has asked me to not talk over him, but I have a hard time telling if it is his turn to talk or mine. It’s mine. 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. every day.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

You're accomplishing herculean tasks few women ever think of attempting. It's mine, and I don't judge myself about it. Posted by thatgirlinnewyork on January 9, 2010 at 6:45 pm | permalink | Reply Your mornings are like mine, except yours are earlier and you have half the kids. COULD you be one of these women?

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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. Once you are drama free, you could actually focus on accomplishing more goals. Who puts a word like that in a picture caption?

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 7, 2010

But secondly, I've been feeling like my career isn't going anywhere and that my work isn't accomplishing anything. Ok back to the salt mine. Now I know that your environment, if it doesn't suit you (mine isn't interesting at all after 50 years), it can make you very, very unhappy. " So true!

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I have some pretty crazy arguments for mine, also.) 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! You can convince yourself that you "need" a Brazilian because otherwise you'll never find a husband.

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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 Thanks, Lance Posted by Lance Haun on October 30, 2009 at 1:52 am | permalink | Reply Two great truths here. "You

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger's at work: Why I'm difficult in meetings Posted to: Diversity | Knowing yourself October 29th, 2009 Del.icio.us Posted by Catherine on October 29, 2009 at 2:37 pm | permalink | Reply Oh, Penelope, make sure she sees this post.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger syndrome in the office: How I deal with sensory integration dysfunction Posted to: Diversity | Knowing yourself | Office Politics September 30th, 2009 Del.icio.us The math thing is especialy interesting to me because I had similar problems.

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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. I ask them what their favorite thing about their day was…and then I tell them mine. You just might find the happiness you are looking for has been there along!

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Thanksgiving drama on steroids: Adding a family business to the mix Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Money | Negotiating November 25th, 2009 Del.icio.us Posted by Jennifer on November 25, 2009 at 1:57 pm | permalink | Reply Prevention dear.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 30, 2010

"Truth in all its glorious mucus" is a fine and rare thing, offering uncut gems that we mine for ourselves. Penelope, your true and accomplished voice at this time is writing. One girl's uncut gem is another girl's booger, if Jessica is not teasing — I can't tell.)

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 12, 2010

I always have so many things to get done and feel like I'm never balanced if I don't accomplish it all. By the way if you see mine self-discipline please let me know! ." Posted by jacqjolie on May 12, 2010 at 8:22 am | permalink | Reply Penelope, I think I am going to make that mantra my own! It says it all.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Posted to: Goal setting | How to blog November 17th, 2009 Del.icio.us 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 by Shefaly on November 17, 2009 at 8:37 am | permalink | Reply Great post! Is this your first time here? 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

A good friend of mine who NEVER cursed in high school but came out of the army cursing, wrote a song, "We say fuck a lot" Check it out: [link]. You are accomplishing your goal of being perceived as young, fun, and fuckable. You have to click on music and then the title.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Or just continue to pity them all, no matter how much they accomplish in life? The nail in the coffin wasn't the NFL studies – it was a teammate of mine who after playing 9 years of tackle football is having memory problems. We're not abnormal, we had a vision and we set out to accomplish it. We all take them.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

I just spent all of 2008 and the majority of 2009 miserable and said that my new measure of success was a level of happiness. Here's my stance on happiness and choices: For as long as I can remember, everyone in my life has been telling me that I am wonderful and that I can do and accomplish absolutely anything I want in life.

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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. I got introduced to it when I was studying abroad by a buddy of mine from Boston. Leave my job you say for a more creative one? I wish on that one too…$$ and pension keeps me stuck. I think some posters fail to understand his humor.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 23, 2010

But when watching TV or in a darkened movie theater, intimacy is so much simpler to accomplish. Posted by JenG on April 23, 2010 at 7:18 pm | permalink | Reply The thing I've learned, is that the social media platforms aren't mine. The intimacy of reading is overrated. Your privacy is overrated. I admire your courage, P.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 25, 2010

There is nothing in your career or personal life that is so important that it has to be accomplished by a text in the middle of traffic. Once I had lunch with a friend of mine and she mentioned that pretty much everybody had seen topless pictures of her. I like you and your blog. But your ego is making a choice for you that is wrong.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 17, 2010

The author posted this to the public to read and form an opinion on, I formed mine. I asked an old friend of mine with rodeo riders in his family and he said this sounded unusual as well. i just tweeted my first tweet and it was YOUR tweet not mine! how tweet it is! your blog is wonderful.

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