Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

I want to be more diligent about finding a mentor to help me grow, outside of my supervisor. We meet many in our lives that can become our coaches or mentors, for longer or shorter periods of time. Finding a good mentor/coach/teacher is tough, but starting a blog exposes you to a huge measure of immediate coaching.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

When it comes to finding a mentor, the most effective mentors are 3-5 years ahead of you in the workplace. I was wondering if there were any ways you knew of online to find a mentor. And I benefited both professionally and personally when someone in that position mentored me many years ago. Great post! Thank you!

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

At least two of those in the 6 have been clients of mine in the last 2 years, and I would definitely say that the "quality of life" at those employers is *extremely* variable, depending on whom your managing partner is, whether he (and lets be fair, the partner still is almost certainly *he*) – is hitting his number for the quarter.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

Ryan Paugh , who was basically my intern when I met him , and now he's almost my boss and definitely my social-skills mentor , tells me that I am popular because I'm interesting but that I suck at self-promotion. (He After a year there, one of the senior partners approached me and asked if he could be my mentor. I asked why.

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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

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Not that you asked for advice, but mine is to focus not on getting him to separate from X, which is his problem, but on how you deal with having a husband who isn't separated from X (the old saw: you can't change someone else, only yourself). But your problem is not that he has a separation issue with X.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A friend of mine who recently started blogging used Twitter to ask what others' blog stats were like. I'm getting out of mine a little more each day. One of the best things I have learned from you is to think about a subject after I think I'm done thinking about it. Oneo'thesedays, I'ma just dive right in!

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 15, 2010

Mine are always not dry enough, not warm enough, or not dirty enough for going into the chicken house. Penelope's woodwork looks just like mine. If Penelope's woodwork is like mine, it's an orange color. Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook Coats are very important on the farm. I'm female.)

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I guard that timeslot jealously, for their sake and for mine. No way am I going to hang out at a gate for hours and hours and hours waiting to get on that next flight 'cause mine was cancelled. Travel and new experiences is one of mine. And if I'm gone for 2 weeks, the weekends are mine. Each to their own.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

And mine certainly deserves some. ." That's always had such a huge influence on me, and I try to ensure not only that I make time with my daughter, but that she knows I enjoy the time we spend together. The big note I need for myself now? Turns out husbands spell love the same way.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 14, 2010

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts The measures of our success Business Week features my blog, sparks contact from my secret mentor 5 Reasons why you don't need to write a book Regular exercise is no longer optional Finally, a new blog design. I'm very excited. That makes me happy for you.

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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 22, 2010

And we all know how well that goes over with recruiters. I can use a relative's address on my resume, but I am working in New York so I am technically a non-local candidate to Kansas companies. Note: I have written about this topic before. Why is that?

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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! Posted by S on December 6, 2009 at 11:48 am | permalink | Reply S, you have described a recent experience of mine almost exactly.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 23, 2010

I do it for mine, too. In fact, today at lunch a colleague mentioned the NY Magazine article on parenting and we both said how much we both loved that article and then ended up spending the rest of the hour talking about it. :) Thanks for all time you spend adding links to your blog. I know how time consuming it is. I am as lost as I can be.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

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. I have some pretty crazy arguments for mine, also.) Love that one!)

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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). It will tell you which of the 22K people you follow have unfollowed you or are inactive <– you can unfollow them without feeling any guilt.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I won't generalize) But I find I want to say, this is mine. Posted by kath on December 15, 2009 at 12:31 pm | permalink | Reply Thanks for verbalizing this, Kath, I totally agree with you, in the fact that I too would love to have more friends, and also I agree w/ you that ppl with AS should stop using the generalizing "we."

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

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. Mine looked a lot like yours without the snow. I am usually 75% successful. This too shall pass.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

i hope you post about them because i had to surrendur mine to friends when we moved back to town. I also got chicks from Murray McMurray hatchery a few years ago – i got the rainbow layers – total fun! they are so comical and fun to watch. so whenever you need a little lift i recommend hanging out with the chicks!

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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. Or maybe the silence is long enough that he is thinking I am going to talk. I start to panic because the rhythm of conversation is getting irregular, so I say, “Okay. And I hang up before he can say anything else.

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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. Someone else may have been able to easily afford to buy food with the resources you had at the time. That being said, money management is also a relative thing. However, someone who regularly earns more would wonder how in the world I make ends meet.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Women are inherently vulnerable: women get pregnant, and men never do, though an arc-feminist friend of mine once countered this fact with news from the inexorable march of science front, positing that, "Yes, now men can become pregnant, if they'd like." " That was in 1985.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 7, 2010

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. A recent life coach session confirmed this (cheaper than a shrink). That was ages ago. And it can make happiness hard to come by.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

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. " The Farmer has said and done things to you that I would never have allowed to pass with the boyfriend of a friend of mine.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

Mine from yesterday had 13 items on it, I was able to cross off one and felt almost giddy when I crossed it off. To Do lists are hard; it’s true and I struggle with mine every day. Posted by Umkhonto Labour on March 19, 2010 at 2:55 am | permalink | Reply Mine is slightly different. Have a great weekend, bye now!

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Penelope Trunk

JUNE 28, 2010

I like having a part of myself that will always be mine, not the community's. There is a pricelessness to having the cloak of obscurity, no assumptions of knowledge, as there are so many years that were not lived here. I cannot imagine having that taken. I also can't imagine having millions. " I can hear it now.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

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. So, I guess having talks with an election stealing, violent, holocaust denying regime is enough to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

I hope yours works better than mine did! I've been assigned as a mentor for a relatively new colleague and this may be a nice sign of appreciation for her work in somewhat difficult circumstances. But it's so much nicer when the man you care about buys them for you. Would a live plant be better?

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I'd like to add one idea from a mentor of mine, who led big organizations in both sectors. There ARE some nonprofits that are run this way (mine is!), A friend of mine is thinking of starting a for profit company that serves not for profits. Salesforce.com rocks! Even small not for profits usually have posted org.

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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. "Truth in all its glorious mucus" is a fine and rare thing, offering uncut gems that we mine for ourselves.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

link] Also, a dear co-worker of mine also has AS, and although I really like her, she tells things that can't possibly be true (e.g. "The "The boss got so-and-so fired b/c she complained", "These 2 co-workers got into a big argument over the use of hand gel and alomost came to blows", etc.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 10, 2009

P.S. One of my mentors used to say "anything worth doing is worth doing 'badly'!" Also a favorite of mine, is not a post but an interview, which I can't find, where you and another blogger talk about how writers used to be something other than just writers and how that's a good thing for your writing.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

if you have aspergers that is similar to mine, you probably can focus on one thing for an extended period of time without being easily distracted. possible hint/ technique: when walking in a crowded area, i tend to NEVER think about the people around me except as a box that has a 1/3 a foot more in every direction than the actual person.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

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! An easy way to do that is when you are tucking your little ones in at night. So how do you do it? And is that something you really want to do?

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 6, 2009

You do it your way…I'll do it mine, and let's refrain from bashing others' because we don't like the layout or style they choose to use or the topic or thought they decide to post that day. ST Posted by STEPHANIE on October 10, 2009 at 2:08 pm | permalink | Reply Very good post.

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Penelope Trunk

JUNE 21, 2010

Which the farmer assumed was the contractor’s fault and not mine because what sane woman would wash dishes in an outside well for eight weeks on her own volition? Then I noticed the books were making their way slowly, one by one, to our pink bedroom. Real diversity requires real patience. The tile is not the only thing holding us up.

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