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How to be lost with panache | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

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The fifth annual Q&A. Or sixth. I can't remember. | Penelope.

Penelope Trunk

Is the most important thing to getting a good network? What is the key to this career path? I've moved three times for a guy, giving up a great network and great job each time. It didn't always work out with the guy, but I always get back on track with a great career. (This, of course, does not have to be true.)

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

Penelope Trunk

It’s the best way to have a meaningful conversation and it’s the best way to rope in a mentor or look like a star performer. As my career shifts, I find that the key to keeping the shift moving in a productive way is to ask good questions. Anyway, I wouldn’t say redecorating is a career change, but maybe just a vocation vacation.

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How to do damage control | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Also, I've written a lot about how career change goes better when you can create a story of your life that shows the upcoming change is the next logical step. This research comes from INSEAD.) " I couldn't agree more P!

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My birthday post | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

P.S. One of my mentors used to say "anything worth doing is worth doing 'badly'!" " It drove many of us crazy. Took me a while to realize what he meant.

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Start recognizing patterns in problems | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

I can't remember.

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

Penelope Trunk

Lots of job and career changes. One could say that your endless pursuit of career flexibility has paradoxically had the opposite effect in your life. For some reason, your voice seems to get through to her much better and smoother than mine on topics like frugality etc. : ) She totally looks up to you as a mentor!

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