Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Being an expert takes time, not talent Posted to: Fulfillment | Goal setting | How to blog January 28th, 2010 Del.icio.us Posted by Dennis on January 28, 2010 at 11:52 pm | permalink | Reply I was thinking the same thing, Dennis. (If

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Time management is not about tasks Posted to: Management | Time management September 17th, 2010 Del.icio.us Posted by Jess @OpenlyBalanced on September 17, 2010 at 11:41 am | permalink | Reply Oh dear god woman you are a bolt of lightening.

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MARCH 9, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog The biggest triumph is getting out of bed Posted to: Fulfillment March 9th, 2010 Del.icio.us By the time you're close, you are so motivated to get there that it doesn't feel like work at all. Is this your first time here? Been there!

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Start recognizing patterns in problems Posted to: Knowing yourself October 15th, 2010 Del.icio.us People think their work situation is so complicated and I have to understand all the motivators. Is this your first time here? Evolution is a bitch.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 8 Tips for anger management Posted to: Office Politics | Parenting | Self-management January 8th, 2010 Del.icio.us Posted by Jill on January 8, 2010 at 10:46 am | permalink | Reply Thank you Jill for your comment. there are three of us.

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APRIL 15, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 6 Tips for better conflict resolution Posted to: Negotiating April 15th, 2010 Del.icio.us Mine are always not dry enough, not warm enough, or not dirty enough for going into the chicken house. that I think were unintentional. Thanks, Andrea.

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JULY 29, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Befriend the intern to fire up your career Posted to: Networking | Promoting Yourself July 30th, 2010 Del.icio.us Posted by Bee Gomez on August 1, 2010 at 8:56 am | permalink | Reply Penelope, Great post, as usual. " Very true!

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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 Posted by Lisa on August 23, 2010 at 10:22 am | permalink | Reply You know, one thing you're good at is looking at yourself clearly.

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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 Posted by claudia bullmore on September 29, 2010 at 1:35 pm | permalink | Reply Thanks for this post.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

I don’t see a crowd of people holding papers like mine. I say thank you, and then I see there is an LCD above each window in the whole place that shows the number and letter sequence that is almost like mine but not really mine. I'll try to add mine here. It seems mine just work out that way. Posted by Mark W.

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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 Posted by Tzipporah on February 1, 2010 at 1:20 pm | permalink | Reply Ditto. Posted by jennifer on February 1, 2010 at 2:17 pm | permalink | Reply Agreed.

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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. I won't generalize) But I find I want to say, this is mine. It is what it is…admit that and find ways to deal with it. This is who I am. I get to explain AS.

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MARCH 16, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to get unstuck in life Posted to: Goal setting | Productivity March 16th, 2010 Del.icio.us on March 17, 2010 at 10:51 am | permalink | I agree with alex that we can't live a life doing everything that is needed to be done first.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Posted by celia on January 15, 2010 at 6:42 am | permalink | Reply Penelope, probably "soft spot for extroverts" should be "soft spot for introverts" — otherwise the statement is confusing. I've done online assessments over the past few years and always come out as INTJ. Maybe I need to move.lol.

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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. Posted by KateNonymous on December 8, 2009 at 4:35 pm | permalink | You're welcome to your experience, I only try to speak from mine. We play hide and seek with our own motives. Is this honesty?

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

I want to say something upbeat about 2010. 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. Best wishes for 2010. Here's to 2010.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

Inspiration and motivation are the factors that differentiate a leader from a boss, in my opinion. Posted by Andy on October 9, 2009 at 11:57 am | permalink | Reply A friend of mine has nominated this for next year's Nobel Peace Prize. He says that if we all look at it once a day, there will be no more wars ever.

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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. I hope yours works better than mine did!

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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. I'd like to add one idea from a mentor of mine, who led big organizations in both sectors. Salesforce.com rocks!

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MAY 30, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Trend watch: HR, texting, needlepoint Posted to: Self-management May 30th, 2010 Del.icio.us Posted by DShan on May 30, 2010 at 9:02 pm | permalink | Reply Blogs will rule the world! Is this your first time here? This used to happen all the time.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to make yourself more likable Posted to: How to blog | Knowing yourself | Negotiating January 6th, 2010 Del.icio.us Don't hide what really motivates you; secretive people are not likable. Well, I think we do. We were going to. Good words!

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Mine does, and I'm smack-dab in the middle of what I thought I wanted: an historic home with sidewalks and tall trees within view of the Oklahoma Capitol dome. Mine does, and I'm smack-dab in the middle of what I thought I wanted: an historic home with sidewalks and tall trees within view of the Oklahoma Capitol dome.

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Eat Your Career

JULY 12, 2010

Say Hello Meet Your Hostess Bad Career Advice: It’s Not Personal, It’s Business Written on July 12, 2010 by Chrissy Scivicque in Bad Career Advice This is post is part of my Bad Career Advice series in which I expose outdated, clichéd, and counterproductive advice for exactly what it is. Get "How Nourishing is Your Career?"

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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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JANUARY 14, 2010

Posted to: Fulfillment | Knowing yourself January 14th, 2010 Del.icio.us Posted by Maureen Sharib on January 14, 2010 at 12:57 pm | permalink | Reply I know I love overseas because it makes life harder and I like that. Posted by Alanna on January 14, 2010 at 1:00 pm | permalink | Reply "I’m not sure I buy that.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

And found the "shiny shoe" type of salesmen pretty revolting (you know, the type like the high-net worth personal finance salesmen in the office suite close to mine now – shiny hair, shiny shoes, shiny suits, Montblanc pens, and a whole lotta talk with little supporting data). HOW'S THAT FOR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE?

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

I hope that the rule of past performance predicting future performance will skew more toward his former exits than mine. Only found your blog this week, and it's a gold mine of real advise, inspiration, and common sense. Pain usually preceeds growth, is a heckuva teacher and motivator. I try to focus. " We laughed.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I began blogging about a year and a half ago and unfortunately mine does not remotely compare. Your themes and motivations are very consistent. Posted by Mitch on January 23, 2010 at 1:15 pm | permalink | Reply Good for you. I am very inspired by your blogg and the messages that you portray through it.

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