Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Inspiration and motivation are the factors that differentiate a leader from a boss, in my opinion. " I try to do my best work no matter where I am, but on more than one occasion I have been struck by how much better my best can be when I have a good and inspiring manager/boss/professor. Actually, we had an assistant in office.

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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

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

JANUARY 13, 2010

This gives us a visual for the lack of interest Gen X has in Baby Boomer style managment: McMansions for sale with no buyers. If you inspire someone to do a good job you've internally motivated them and they'll likely exceed your expectations. I published a book in 2002 entitiled "Leading People from the Middle."

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Penelope Trunk

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 The best risk takers are in fields like entrepreneurship, hedge fund management, and excavation.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 23, 2010

And, look, I’m accomplishing numbers one and three from my list right here. It's change – something I can always count on but not always regulate so I manage it to the best of my ability. After that the title is irrelevant—you go to a blog because of a good recommendation, not because of a good name.

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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. I think I agree.

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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. Caring for each other has more to do about the people who we report to and manage than the goals of the organization.

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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. That being said, money management is also a relative thing. When we see the big triumph its easy to get all motivated, but small things are which we need to keep on doing inspite of them being the most difficult to do.

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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. I am "hidden" far away from from management as possible (in a different building from the rest of my department.) I work for a large company who has been hit hard in the recent economic down turn.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

You are all about authenticity and you manage to pull off a whole bunch of virtual things that most of the internet experts say people ought not to be doing. As I've moved up the management chain myself, more and more people come to me for influence. It took place on a farm, no? True story, no? People love counter-intuitive books.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Ryan Paugh , our community manager, calls me to say that he thinks I need to start having someone look at what I post in the group before I post it. 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! Day by day.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

And if you think management in corporate life is an exception, you’re wrong. 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.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

For example, I think maybe I went overboard in my comment, in a discussion about whether I am managing my personal brand well. Posted by Marshall Wayne on December 29, 2009 at 4:34 am | permalink | Reply Five years ago, my wife announced she wanted to separate and I got canned from my job managing software testers, all within a few weeks.

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Penelope Trunk

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 Good managers will do their own recruiting by having their own great network. Penelope, your true and accomplished voice at this time is writing.

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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. How you manage personal relationships. This is true of how to network, how to parent, how to manage people and also how to write about your life." And this, in the end, is probably why we don’t kill ourselves.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Nor does having a "house manager" @Penelope You are many things but do you really, honestly believe you are frugal? I needed the motivation! Frugality forces you to manage time and resources wisely, and it's important to practice it for your career. I try to tell people, everyone has the same 24 hours in a day.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 18, 2009

Now I've gotten it down to 49, which feels much more manageable. Now, all miscarriages and rigmarole aside, and i know it's exciting to build a real business from an idea, and to accomplish your life mission and all, but what i'd really like to know, is what makes Penelope tick. Guess I'm really more Gen X at heart?

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

So even if he had managed to keep you, he would always know down deep inside that his parents chose control over support. 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. We play hide and seek with our own motives. Is this honesty?

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You have a house-manager to handle the details of running your home, and a nanny to handle the details of minding your kids, so hiring an editor to handle the details of your professional writing might not be a bad idea. " Some people need the excitement and sense of accomplishment that comes from having an interesting life.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger's at work: Why I need a sick day to register my car Posted to: Diversity | Self-management December 1st, 2009 Del.icio.us I have ADD and I can manage without a keeper or government intervention. We have time management issues.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Posted by Ask a Manager on October 22, 2009 at 8:40 am | permalink | Reply It's not always bad to worry – it means you care! Whether you take my advice or not, I hope that you two invest some time up front thinking and talking about how you're going to merge/manage your finances. My small town was motivating.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

His book, Create Your Own Economy , is about how the information flow of the Internet allows us to manage our careers differently than before. ' To me, that equates to laziness, a lack of motivation, or dullness. I recently spoke to Tyler Cowen , professor of economics at George Mason University. Gen Y, sound familiar?).

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