Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

That I didn't accomplish that goal is on me, for not being diligent enough to follow my initial vision to completion. Career counselors focus on teaching students/clients skills such prepare a competitive resume, interview well and employ job search strategies.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

Today, she works with leaders to build engaging work environments, assessing their leadership effectiveness and implementing strategies to elevate their people, leadership and business results impact. And I think Catalyst did an article on this in 2007. One of them is that believe it or not. Jenn DeWall: Yes.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I've been walking around with the July/August 2007 issue of the Harvard Business Review constantly, for close to three years. If you want further reading about this, you should check out his article "The Making of an Expert" which was written back in 2007. Just like me.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

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! Posted by Tina on December 12, 2009 at 4:54 am | permalink | Reply Tina, yep, I agree that's a great strategy too. But, hey– maybe that's just me. Day by day.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

From a macro perspective, it pays to penetrate this level of social networks to get things accomplished. Check out Ramit's scrooge strategy. Monica is approaching it like Keith would: if you need to get to someone, target the gatekeeper and get to know the PERSON. Pay it forward, and try to help that person as much as you can.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Thanks Penelope :) Eduard Posted by Ideas With A Kick on November 12, 2009 at 4:46 am | permalink | Reply To your first point, if your priority is sightseeing, then having a job with lots of travel is a good way to accomplish the goal. The best strategy I've picked up is to bring a small photo album of my family with me.

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2009

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. Mate pairing is an important social strategy. Exaggeration: repeated tales of humanitarian accomplishments grow in the retelling. For entirely different reasons, but yes, definitely.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

You're accomplishing herculean tasks few women ever think of attempting. Posted by Dave Atkins on January 11, 2010 at 1:57 pm | permalink | Reply I think there are a ton of organizational strategies that can make things calmer at the Trunk household. Would you like to be one of these women? COULD you be one of these women?

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

So my new strategy is to focus on one "side project" at a time apart from my full time job as Program Manager at Microsoft. I encourage the spending debate for entrepreneurs (internally and externally) to be about why to spend, what it accomplishes, how it simplifies, what's the return, etc.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

As the CEO of a start-up she could, for example, make a quick decision to change the sales strategy; however as an executive for an environmental non-profit she always spent lots of time drafting climate change policy and reviewing it with a diverse array of stakeholders. How much greater good would that have accomplished?

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

I've spent years learning to cope with asperger like issues and it is comforting to hear other peoples similar strategies. Winning is usually accomplished by placing the ball where your opponent isn't located: either you put the ball there yourself or you pass your team-mate so they can put the ball there. Posted by Ms.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I need to think more strategy, planning. I'm male, 23 and have yet to work at all, so any and all advice about the subject, especially from someone who has accomplished a great deal while still harboring some of the same anxiety, is more than welcome. So I'd say the mission was accomplished!

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 16, 2010

Looking back I realize it was the one thing in my life that I could control, accomplish something, make progress, etc. we will survive, but today, well, I'm trying to figure out any new marketing strategy. I think it saved me from a total downward spiral! my creative juices just don't seem to flow as well as on sunny days.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 30, 2010

Are you reacting to their judgements or is this the exit strategy? Penelope, your true and accomplished voice at this time is writing. The readers want US, not THEM and their brilliant strategies for "monetizing" and "paywalls" and all that other bullshit. You sound panicky rather than fearless.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 12, 2010

3 great time management strategies I'm failing at Productivity tip: Face-to-face contact energizes your brain Comments (75) Leave a Comment too true – refound my work 'start' button today … and it was that easy – just start – it was such a relief ! ." It says it all. This week is no exception.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Watching it like a play is a very good strategy Posted by Kerry on November 25, 2009 at 1:30 pm | permalink | Reply So very funny! Somehow I need to be reminded of this, and not enough people — especially people of admirable accomplishments and public profiles — openly discuss this stuff, and so I find solace in your blog.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Posted by Sam on December 22, 2009 at 8:58 am | permalink | Reply Penelope, I think the wall at work is much bigger than you imagine, and no amount of better listening strategies will get you over it. Thanks to RobDC, I think I have a new strategy to try to correct this unproductive habit at work. You've accomplished a lot.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

You could even say we're all studies in the use of various strategies to become happy, some far more successful than others. Here's my stance on happiness and choices: For as long as I can remember, everyone in my life has been telling me that I am wonderful and that I can do and accomplish absolutely anything I want in life.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Are woman not indirectly helping men to excel by making room for more men to have greater opportunities than if they were not to adopt such an instinctive strategy? Then why shouldn't woman not take advantage of sluggish job market? I love that I always get a truly fresh take on professionalism when I visit your blog. Thanks again.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 23, 2010

But when watching TV or in a darkened movie theater, intimacy is so much simpler to accomplish. Would you say this is because it’s from 2007 you have a lot more readers now? At work, when I have to discuss the strategy for launching a new product with a business partner, we use email accounts securely stored in our corporate servers.

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