Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Twitter can save your life Posted to: Networking February 10th, 2010 Del.icio.us Social media is about networking, and networking is about helping people. My problem is that I don't get social networking online.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 4 Twitter tips no one will give you Posted to: Diversity | Fulfillment | Networking September 28th, 2010 Del.icio.us Anyway, very few people have been creative geniuses on their own. Is this your first time here? Subscribe -- free!

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

I say this as someone who just got through an hour and a half meeting which consisted of nothing but listening to a scattershot of things I should change, from my [perfectly appropriate] appearance to my [never impinging on work time] athletic pursuits to my creative choices to the timbre of my speaking voice.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Befriend the intern to fire up your career Posted to: Networking | Promoting Yourself July 30th, 2010 Del.icio.us Think of quitting as a networking event. I'd imagine all these apply, especially the network bit, but would you add anything?

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 5, 2010

I'm in the real estate industry, and surrounding yourself with good people who are creative and open to other ideas, and who are willing to implement and mix and match (#6), has been key to the success that I've had in this market. I especially like point #5.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 6, 2010

Good questions require creative thinking. Good questions are fundamentally creative. Posted by Theresa Quintanilla on May 6, 2010 at 4:02 pm | permalink | Reply Yes good questions require creative thinking. Good questions require creative thinking. Good questions are fundamentally creative. I love this 1.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Your career is only as strong as your network! I'm in Marketing which requires you to be outgoing at times, but the part I love the most is analyzing and being creative. Also, workplace catch phrases that annoy everyone are especially annoying if you’re not an extrovert: Toot your own horn! Let’s do lunch! I love alone time.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

"So deep is the creative spirit that you will discover its limits, even if you search every trail." My "farmer" is a barefooted beauty who works at a desk across from me, all day, and she's gorgeous and kind and creative and everybody loves her. (At These just some suggestions. My thoughts are with you. "So

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Which, by the way, I support, and I am hoping he is so creative as this.) Which, by the way, I support, and I am hoping he is so creative as this.) But the US just banned slaughtering horses. I am not sure why. I think this is part of Obama’s attack on US subsidies to the rich. But the US just banned slaughtering horses.

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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! I have to wonder though how much input and consensus there is going on when I read from a previous post – "What we ended up with are colors that make me happy and creative.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 9, 2010

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts Most jobs are creative, if you are creative The new stay-at-home dad paves new paths for moms 9/11: Digging myself out of the debris Choosing between a kid and a career Do you overemphasize happiness? But at least I wrote something. Subscribe -- free!

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

I think this question not only needs to be asked in terms of where we live, but how we live, particularly for creatives. Subscribe -- free! This post is starting to sway me.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

And anyway, the brand is better for a social network. I thought of you as "Brazen Careerist" *before* you relaunched the site as a social network. It's the name of your blog, the name of your book, and now the name of your Gen Y social network. So, it's time to take it off my blog. But I'm slow.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

When I'm fried creatively, I go exercise or run errands. I find I'm at my most creative from 7 – 11:30 am. After that I'm not creative and have to work on grunt work. I get to socialize with my colleagues and get creative mixing ideas as well as time alone to concentrate and focus while working from home.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 15, 2010

Put up some curtains or something if you want to be creative. Posted by Jan Tymorek on April 21, 2010 at 11:27 am | permalink | Reply Don't paint the woodwork. It looks great the way it is. Posted by Karen on April 22, 2010 at 11:16 am | permalink | Reply paint don't paint.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Something with a 24-hour on-call number, lots of opportunity for online networking, and required practice sessions with the whole "awkward conversation/drink holding" tango. There could be body language index cards! Sooo…you wanna start another business? So Penelope…okay you get lost driving home.

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Penelope Trunk

JUNE 28, 2010

Marketers and publicists have made a science out of getting benefits from being a celebrity—sponsors, a fun network, great opportunities that lead to even greater opportunities. I think the proof of this is that gen Y prefers communicating via social media rather than emai l; news travels faster, via larger groups of people.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2010

I am twenty years older than Owen, but she inspires me to be brave, takes risks, and let my creativity get the best of me. I think it's her spunk and self-knowledge and enthralling sense of her own power. I wish I had had that when I was her age. Subscribe -- free! " I got a different impression.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Because of its limitations, it forces you to be creative. The people who I meet who are the happiest, are those who live frugally, and/or do what they love with a passion and earn money from it and it is usually a creative labour of love. I am passionate about frugality- I take slow steps toward making a career about it.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

One flaw I railed at for years was the lack of creative, spontaneous unfettered time. Now I schedule time to find connections, be creative, listen and daydream during each day, even if it is only for 15 minutes. The whole "shiny object syndrome" that you describe seems to be a common character trait of creative people.

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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 find myself exhausted after a day of interacting in business situations where I'm not working based on my creative strengths – primarily photography or creative problem solving. Posted by Mark W.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 16, 2010

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts A Valentine for my husband Bad situations breed creativity The fifth annual Q&A. I've found some assistance AND solace in a book written about the creative process, and I think that's a big part of what you're going through. But I gotta do it.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

My personal experience after the first year I meditated consistently for 1/2 hour every day is that it made me feel less fearful, more comfortable with my decisions and more creative. You must always be driving, wary, looking for the next opportunity, the next creative thought, the next new direction. their jobs.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 30, 2010

Good managers will do their own recruiting by having their own great network. Knitting is a trend that has been building for a number of years because it's relaxing and creative at the same time. And managers already recruit through networks – at least in areas of short supply, or PAs who they take from job to job with them.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts How to write a blog post people love Why you already know what you should be doing next How to be more creative at work Good blogging is simple: Write good posts (and be thankful) Is grad school right for you? What do I want people to know me for? Great question.

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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. 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. Fun either way.

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MARCH 18, 2025

Beyond its potential to deepen understanding, when used as a method of scientific research, autoethnography highlights the principles of contemporary constructivist and constructionist epistemologies ( Crotty, 1998 ; Patton, 2002 ) more than any other research method. I met hundreds of individuals and listened, observed, and talked to dozens.

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Penelope Trunk

JUNE 21, 2010

What we ended up with are colors that make me happy and creative. It's wonderful to see a fresh (and frank) discussion about creativity and how to balance with what one's vision is and that of the rest of the world. (His commentary: “Don’t call me in from the field to look at paint again, okay?”)

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Posted by MZA on January 6, 2010 at 10:12 am | permalink | Reply Yes, it's called "Good Eats" and it's on the Food network. I love to cook too – it's such a creative and also nurturing process. when they have a supportive network who wants to see them succeed). Best to you and the farmer, Penelope.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 10, 2009

So maybe we should just be happy that we have our lack of focus because that enables our creativity. I have read you since I was house-hunting in 2002 many moves ago and found your column via Bankrate. And we’ll never know that. I am sure that the best way to face self-doubt is to push through it 5.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 3, 2010

This can inevitably grow your network/career. But I love your creative excuse for not doing it. I fully subscribe to accommodating your boss' idiosyncracies (if poss.), making their life easier, listening well, reflective listening, navigating the political battlefield, etc. Because I think you really do need quotes for that.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Write about how to find autonomy at work, about the farmer, about how to network and build a community. Include a new feature (rather than a group/network) where people ask questions and you answer them and also allow other users to comment on them with their input. Write more. It's fascinating.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I never believed it would be easy, but like Seth Godin says.You have to put in the time, stay creative and keep looking for that break. You motivated me to get moving on social networking, jump in and learn to swim. Of course I'm stressing out and thinning on top, but it's a part of my process.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 12, 2010

I remember when I taught creative writing to freshmen at Boston University. I have yet to take a creative writing class, for fear of peer feedback, but I imagine that is probably what it's like universally. And the farmer will never let me put a picture of him on my blog, so I decided to show you how beautiful the farm is.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 30, 2010

i think the needle-point thing is a creative solution. As I constantly am looking for ways to bring you successful ways to become better at career networking. So for a lot of people career networking is really hard. Posted by D on August 31, 2010 at 11:24 pm | permalink | Reply 1. you used one of my favorite words, pedantic.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Exactly when I would use it (if the farmer were not around :) Penelope Posted by Penelope Trunk on September 15, 2010 at 12:07 pm | permalink | Reply One of my co-workers just implemented a new rule for using the F word at work…we have to use it more creatively, or not at all. Thumbs up to that! And I really miss saying fuck.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I'm actually happiest when I'm being challenged (that is, mentally and creatively stimulated–not being put under distress). .* I don't really think this 'interesting versus happy' dichotomy means anything.

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