Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It had been a goal of mine for a while and, as is often the case , I experienced a mild sense of discontentment immediately after achieving what I’d long been dreaming of. I was struggling to stay focused and motivated. A good friend of mine suggested that I keep a “Positive Aspects” journal, as a way of shifting my mindset.

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Crestcom

JUNE 24, 2022

And if that’s not motivation or enough for you, well, then think about it from your workplace and productivity because you’re missing an opportunity there. Because we do and we’ll look at all the things we didn’t accomplish. It makes me like, all right, you know, motivated and stuff. Like they want to do work. It brings me up.

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Crestcom

MAY 20, 2022

I do mine right before I go to bed. That same feeling of accomplishment. If money is how you’re judging your self worth and your accomplishment. Like I worked for a large organization, and I just remember it, it, you know, how stifling or how much your motivation and even your sense of like why bother being productive?

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Vantage Circle

AUGUST 5, 2024

My parents specifically emphasized the obvious “hard work goes a long way” mantra as they reminisced about how their own hard work had gotten them various accolades and rewards that are now seated on the living room mantle, along with mine of course! There's a shift from extrinsic to intrinsic motivators for Gen Z.

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Crestcom

MAY 13, 2022

And should that be the purpose of like how, or should that be the motivator of how I choose or what do I choose to do? It was actually an experience I had six years ago with a client of mine and talked about success. Or if I accomplish this, then I will get this. What inspired you to write your book?

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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. 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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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

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. Someone whose income is regularly less than mine would probably jump for joy at my paycheck. It's so true – our greatest triumphs are those we accomplish within ourselves. So I wrote that. People like examples.

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Penelope Trunk

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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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

I'm starting to see posts that seem to suggest that motivation should be all stick, no carrot. It may not help you tick off more tasks and accomplishments in the short term … but it just might transform your "To Do List" entirely. By doing so you can motivate to produce even superb results.

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Crestcom

JULY 22, 2022

And I outworked everybody, and I just did everything I could to not be that guy, that motivation, though. Friends of mine and coaches would say they give it to their CEO clients. Because hypothetically that is full of one and tens, but yet you have to, you know, kind of mine through it to figure out what that looks like.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 29, 2009

I still remember what it is, and have acually accomplished it. Thanks for the reminder and motivation. " I don't know why, but this really worked for me – I have an organized closet, and I have a lot of other works in progress that I've been trying to accomplish for years. Great post. The two best takeaways?

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2009

I think you need to write a post about things you've done right, things you want, and how you are going to move on and accomplish them. 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. Is this honesty?

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

It is the motivating factor to get up by not having the morning routine. You're accomplishing herculean tasks few women ever think of attempting. But remember, your sons don't care about getting out the door on-time so you'll have to motivate them some other way. Then I leave early to get the kids. Don't.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I needed the motivation! 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! I try to tell people, everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. Perfect for a Monday.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 23, 2010

And, look, I’m accomplishing numbers one and three from my list right here. 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. I do it for mine, too. So my blog there is called Free Beer. I am as lost as I can be.

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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. A few years ago, an architect colleague of mine quit to start his own firm. " I love this quote.

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Crestcom

JANUARY 13, 2023

Jenn DeWall: Hey, congratulations on that accomplishment too. I was a high performance person and it had to be mine, and it went to somebody else. There are so many organizations where we just compete for our own goals and motivations. And then when I got out of the Navy, I still couldn’t afford to go to college.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I am completely unable to accomplish office politics and definite limit my time with other people for the reasons listed above. 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. Our openness can help to educate the masses.

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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. thanks for all your inspiration and motivation. I'm thinking specifically writing vs. webinars.

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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

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. Gen Y, sound familiar?).

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

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. 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)! Regain my sanity.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

I totally think it's important to learn to think about subjects that are not necessarily applicable to a job, and am motivated to do so on my own. Mine left out all the students who somehow didn't manage to get in the info that they earned less than $32k a year, and included some students who had dual degrees.

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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. 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. I just wish that people would let the man celebrate for accomplishments(because he has had them!)

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