Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In July 2001, Larry Page, co-founder of Google, fired all of Google's project managers. Because when you do, there's no limit to what your team can accomplish together. Connecting with a new employee can be an exciting opportunity to expand your professional network and build a new relationship.

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Communication Motivation Company Culture Accounting 104

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Brief back story: I resigned from a job 2 weeks ago and plan to spend the next 6 months networking and volunteering, working as close to part-time as possible just to pay the bills. 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.

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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 29, 2010

Notes from a grouchy networker Comments (58) Leave a Comment Hi Penelope, Interesting points about taking risks! Goes to show that whichever way we go sometimes, we wonder about the road not taken. Also, it takes a mature adult like you to admit she made a mistake, even on something as mundane as setting up wallpaper.

IT 111

IT Career Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

It's easier to jump in (albeit perhaps at a lower level) after taking time off if you have more experience and a stronger network in your hip pocket. I love that I always get a truly fresh take on professionalism when I visit your blog. Thanks again.

Career 111

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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. ." 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. This week is no exception.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 23, 2010

And, look, I’m accomplishing numbers one and three from my list right here. 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.

Career 110

Career IT Management Management 110

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Most people get jobs from their network, not from a career center. And social media is the fastest, most effective way for you to build a network. As a Gen-Y who stopped going to college I found that real life experiences, networks and self education were more important and vital than a college education for my career track.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 1, 2009

With their technology skills and great social networking abilities, GenY ( born roughly between 1980-2003) previously have found employers willing to meet their expectations. Roberta, Hopefully, everyone -- no matter the age -- will learn important lessons such as being more resourceful, networking and being resilient. I think so.

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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. Last week at a breakfast networking event, I didn't recognize the woman sitting next to me…ack. I like that anticipation thing you and your team do – very smart!

Career 111

Career IT Management Management 111

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. You motivated me to get moving on social networking, jump in and learn to swim. And, once I did that, I gauged my success on how well I could leverage my blog to drive traffic to my company, Brazen Careerist.

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IT Career Motivation Career Goals 104

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Write about how to find autonomy at work, about the farmer, about how to network and build a community. That is the only way we get to our goals, the only way the tortoise beats the hare in the race, the only way that we can look back and be so proud of our accomplishments. You've accomplished a lot. Write more.

IT 104

IT Career Networking Management 104

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 13, 2010

Posted by Gen X Cathy on January 14, 2010 at 1:32 am | permalink | Reply PS I forgot to say that I got my job through my relationship network. They come together informally, via a personal network of talented people inside and/or outside the organisation, to achieve a specific task. (By Criticizing Boomer parenting?

Leadership 110

Leadership IT Management Management 110

Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

-Dave Posted by Dave on July 9, 2010 at 8:40 pm | permalink | Reply Perhaps it seems that he is choosing an interesting life over happiness with friends and family that he has grown up with… but without a sense of continued personal accomplishment he would ultimately be unhappy if he didn't move on.

Career 111

Career IT Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

This is true of how to network , how to parent , how to manage people and also how to write about your life. This is true of how to network, how to parent, how to manage people and also how to write about your life." I understand how it applies for parenting and management, but networking is a hurdle for me.

IT 111

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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?

Accomplishment 111

Accomplishment IT Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 9, 2010

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. It's so true – our greatest triumphs are those we accomplish within ourselves. This is me everyday.

IT 111

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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. Leave my job you say for a more creative one? I wish on that one too…$$ and pension keeps me stuck. thanks for all your inspiring work tho cause it keeps me going on a daily basis!

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Creativity IT Food Management 74

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Winning is usually accomplished by placing the ball where your opponent isn't located: either you put the ball there yourself or you pass your team-mate so they can put the ball there. Posted by Amy on September 30, 2009 at 3:33 pm | permalink | Reply It's really interesting to me, 'Lope, that you're such a good networker.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

If I don't, and don't get those endorphins, then my whole schedule is off, and I get nothing accomplished, not to mention I am a miserable grouch! I consider showering, dressing and going to work BIG accomplishments during heartbreak. Maybe you could learn to be good at that and I will follow you. :) Great great post.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Thanks Penelope :) Eduard Posted by Ideas With A Kick on November 12, 2009 at 4:46 am | permalink | Reply To your first point, if your priority is sightseeing, then having a job with lots of travel is a good way to accomplish the goal. I love hanging out with random people in random cities who I may not otherwise have met.

Management 111

Management Management Food IT 111

Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

He may not be able to do this himself very easily so a good support network is very important. I'm male, 23 and have yet to work at all, so any and all advice about the subject, especially from someone who has accomplished a great deal while still harboring some of the same anxiety, is more than welcome. Posted by Mark W.

IT 111

IT Education Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

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

OCTOBER 18, 2009

She has conducted the Stanford Study of Writing , which includes about 15,000 writing samples from students from 2001 – 2006. These kids need to turn off the Social Networks and read a book because school won't help them. It comes from Andrea Lunsford , a professor of writing and rhetoric at Stanford University. That's all.

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Crestcom

MAY 20, 2022

That same feeling of accomplishment. If money is how you’re judging your self worth and your accomplishment. It’s way better than my 2001 Volkswagen Jetta that I had with like broken things. Eventually that $50,000 you will habituate to as the new norm. And it won’t matter. This is so exciting.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

The book "Trust Agents" discusses how contacts and networks in combination with skill and expertise lead to success. You're building a great network here. The great mentors teach how to work more efficiently so you accomplish more than you peers/competitors. I got frustrated and quit. Just like me.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 30, 2010

Good managers will do their own recruiting by having their own great network. Penelope, your true and accomplished voice at this time is writing. And managers already recruit through networks – at least in areas of short supply, or PAs who they take from job to job with them. So there won’t be a reason for HR.

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Recruitment Career IT Management 103

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Somehow I need to be reminded of this, and not enough people — especially people of admirable accomplishments and public profiles — openly discuss this stuff, and so I find solace in your blog. It's good to know I'm not the only one with complicated feelings about family workings.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

How much greater good would that have accomplished? What if intead those millions in grant money had been given to occupational therapy clinics, private specialized clinics, one-on-one service providers, small autism-focused businesses, etc., or just to the parents themselves to allow them to buy more services and training?

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

You are accomplishing your goal of being perceived as young, fun, and fuckable. In a discussion with my boss (see above) and his admin, I pointed out: "If someone does something really fucking stupid, and you have to tell them they did something really fucking stupid, there really isn't a better way to say it."

IT 111

IT Management Management Career 111

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Posted by kelley on February 2, 2010 at 4:11 pm | permalink | Reply It's all about the network, real or perceived. I encourage the spending debate for entrepreneurs (internally and externally) to be about why to spend, what it accomplishes, how it simplifies, what's the return, etc.

Career 111

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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. First of all it is winter in New England and that is always a gloomy time. Then I read this line "to think that you can affect your own happiness is a fundamentally positive step." " So true!

IT 101

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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 love the idea of "rewarding yourself with your favorite project at the end" That is such a great way to attack an incredibly overwhelming to do list.

IT 107

IT Career Management Management 107

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. I like you and your blog. But your ego is making a choice for you that is wrong. If you think otherwise, you are wrong, wrong, wrong.

IT 74

IT Career Entertainment Management 74

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Or just continue to pity them all, no matter how much they accomplish in life? Their book Spreading Misandry (2001) analyzes " pop cultural artifacts and productions from the 1990s" from movies to greeting cards for what they consider contains pervasive messages of hatred toward men. I need blue sky and sunshine, not grit.

IT 110

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

" Some people need the excitement and sense of accomplishment that comes from having an interesting life. But for some reason, the more "interesting life was" the more depressing it became, as I accomplished the most when I moved away from everyone that I knew and loved. I'm happy now."

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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. Exaggeration: repeated tales of humanitarian accomplishments grow in the retelling. Some common forms of self-deception: Beneffectance: We all tell our stories as being beneficial and effective.

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