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Five tips for asking better questions | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

Good questions require creative thinking. Good questions are fundamentally creative. As my career shifts, I find that the key to keeping the shift moving in a productive way is to ask good questions. It’s ironic, because one of the most frequent questions I get from people is “what’s the best way to make a career change?”

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BNET Column: Forget the job hunt. Have a baby instead. | Penelope.

Penelope Trunk

Posted by Sam on September 7, 2010 at 5:31 pm | permalink | Reply I am currently a grad student and I am doing this because there was no way I could find a job after getting laid off, and wanting to leverage my chances for a career change. I dont think the two are interchangeable, like they're different hormones.

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Frugality is a career tool | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

I am passionate about frugality- I take slow steps toward making a career about it. Because of its limitations, it forces you to be creative. Frugality forces you to manage time and resources wisely, and it's important to practice it for your career. Lots of job and career changes. I write about it every day.

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My birthday post | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

My financial history, and stop whining about your job, March 2007 My personal finances have been sort of a wreck since about 2001. It's even scarier to be a career advisor in a financial mess. So maybe we should just be happy that we have our lack of focus because that enables our creativity. But I like the last line.

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