Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Notes from a grouchy networker Comments (58) Leave a Comment Hi Penelope, Interesting points about taking risks! I recently saw Erick Goss speak at a conference on media trends, and the best advice he gave was to find cheap ways to fail because there were no guaranteed solutions.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

My family and many other families have been able to find a solution to this type of situation. We are barely 30 and are desperate and motivated to be where we want and to have what we want. My family incorporated the business many, many years ago. So, it can be done. Patience and good luck!

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Last week at a breakfast networking event, I didn't recognize the woman sitting next to me…ack. A lot of us spend way too much time trying to mind-read to figure out what motivates the crazy normal people around us…which is distracting and depressing. And she's stuck and not finding solutions.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

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)! Our best literature was written by people with nothing to lose and a voracious internal motivation to communicate their take on the world with written words.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 15, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Underrated career skill: Asking questions Posted to: Managing Up | Networking December 15th, 2009 Del.icio.us Is this your first time here? Wrote down everywhere I looked to ASK QUESTIONS. I never knew how to LISTEN. Being me is good enough!

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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. Because for some reason, a feasible solution is usually included with the "why," a bit like getting that second ShamWow for free. Write more. Write about how people drive you nuts and about how you drive in circles.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I tell him, "Good job finding a solution to your problem." Doing things ONLY for rewards is a problem, but one I suspect rarely occurs in these situations – and when it does, the solution is unlikely to be less rewards, but more boundaries or a raising of the bar. Subscribe -- free! " Pokemon = math.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

They may even give you the motivation needed to finally get that A project done. I'm stuck and nothing truly motivates me anymore. As an engineer I always try to think of technology solutions to problems like this. Sometimes the simplest solution is the least obvious. I have a few that seem to keep me on track.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

And each of your break-ups has been motivated by fear of this growth and change, rather than by nastiness or gossip. We play hide and seek with our own motives. Awareness of every single motive, of all the biological/physiological mechanisms and sensory signals bombarding us would paralyze our capacity to act decisively.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

People think their work situation is so complicated and I have to understand all the motivators. I have been thinking about your problem some more and I think I understand why you didn't come up with the solution I had (to get your own office in town) on your own. He tells me that I have a problem and I need to get over it.

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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? Then get a GPS. ." "This is not easy.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

Use solutions-based language in tense conversations. Posted by MS on January 8, 2010 at 11:06 am | permalink | Reply A cheap & easy solution to the lost keys problem: find a visible place to hang your keys. It is the motivating factor to get up by not having the morning routine. I need to remember to not give him so much.

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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.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I have seen many organizations with highly successful sales organizations based on team collaboration (internally among the staff) and consultative solution discovery (externally with customers). Your passion will motivate you because motivation is driven by emotion. Posted by Jim C.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

I've done a fair amount of reading on happiness, but when it comes down to doing the simple activities that various books suggest to increase your level of happiness (spend 10 minutes each night writing down what you're grateful for, for example), I can never motivate myself to do it.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

But there's no magic solution. Pain usually preceeds growth, is a heckuva teacher and motivator. There may indeed be no "magic solution", but all the "sprinkles" you wrote about will ultimately continue to brighten your life. Just wondering– I want to be able to offer up some solutions here!

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Inspiration and motivation are the factors that differentiate a leader from a boss, in my opinion. "Hope and Change" are not solutions. Change is a solution. I have been happiest in my career while working under an inspirational leader and inversely the most miserable when I have worked for a dream crushing boss.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

kids' schools), the naval gazing and constant weighing of options is really really boring (and, as a math-y finance type, I can't help but think that the time-opportunity-cost of finding the maximum outweighs any possible benefit over the 99th percentile solution.) Even on things that actually are somewhat important (e.g.

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