Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to bounce back Posted to: Goal setting December 11th, 2009 Del.icio.us I am looking for solutions. Posted by D on December 11, 2009 at 1:10 pm | permalink | Reply Getting dumped sucks – no doubt about it. I am not crying, though.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger's at work: 5 ways to be less annoying Posted to: Diversity | Knowing yourself | Office Politics November 24th, 2009 Del.icio.us on November 24, 2009 at 10:49 am | permalink | Reply Ugh. 3 is missing.) Posted by Jim C. So annoying.

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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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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

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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JULY 29, 2010

on August 1, 2010 at 11:22 pm | permalink | Reply I agree you should be cautious about exit interviews but I really laid out many issues and their solutions at a place where I was senior person of 104 when I left. From a macro perspective, it pays to penetrate this level of social networks to get things accomplished. Posted by Jim C.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

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. Posted by Jenny on September 29, 2010 at 1:38 pm | permalink | Reply Thanks for this post.

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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. I check emails, figure out what I need to accomplish for the day, but not much more. So I don't work much in the morning. every day.

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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. You're accomplishing herculean tasks few women ever think of attempting. Often, the keys aren't there.

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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. Sometimes the simplest solution is the least obvious.

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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. " So true!

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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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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. EEG neurofeedback training is the best solution because it trains the brain out of that pattern. Then you would have your mind back to be mindful in.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

" Speaking from experience, it was the realization that ending this particular mind-state/personality view at this particular time and place was not going to be any kind of lasting solution to fixing the ultimate reality that needed fixing. Either that or I'm just too happy about life. " I believe things can be fixed.

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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 Posted by ed on December 23, 2009 at 9:31 am | permalink | Reply Have you ever seen the movie Castaway with Tom Hanks?

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

' Solution? You are accomplishing your goal of being perceived as young, fun, and fuckable. 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!'

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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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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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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

In a USDA study “Expenditures on Children by Families” widely reported in the media, the US government estimated that a middle-income, two-parent family that gave birth to a baby in 2009 will spend $11,650-$13,530 annually until the child is 17 years old (it doesn't include sending them to college). Thanks again.

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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. If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Can you comprehend how much a part of the solution you could become? Leave my job you say for a more creative one?

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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. Social networks is mainly for entertainment these days, and I don't see it replacing any serious forms of communication when it comes to coming up with real ideas that solve problems or creates new solutions. Your privacy is overrated.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 17, 2010

Posted by Anthony on January 18, 2010 at 10:41 am | permalink | @Anthony: You clearly missed that Cathy and Quatrefoil are both Australian…as well as missing the point that extreme nationalism was one CAUSE of WWII and not the solution. If your not part of the solution, your part of the problem. God Bless America.

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