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You should lead from the middle | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

" That's why the Infantry School's motto is "Follow Me" A leader, whether he or she is an NCO, Platoon Leader or field grade officer has to lead from the front, that he or she is going to be the first to come out of cover to lead the advance, and know that their unit will follow them. Criticizing Boomer parenting?

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

Penelope Trunk

." Whether this frugality helps you career, I don't know, but it does make your life better :-) - Al Posted by Al Lee on February 2, 2010 at 6:39 pm | permalink | Reply How come a leased BMW is for career advancement, but a graduate degree, is 'keeping with the joneses'? That logic is weird.

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We overestimate the gap between nonprofit and for-profit jobs.

Penelope Trunk

So is prestige, career advancement, power, etc. How much greater good would that have accomplished? This presumes that a for-profit project is self-interested, while a not-for-profit project isn't. This disregards the fact that money is only one form of self-interest.

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