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Career Advice Columnist, Heal Thyself

On The Job

I woke up early this morning and thought about this being the last day of 2007. I thought about what I would write on my blog, and knew that I didn't want to write the same old stuff about how you need to make certain career resolutions, blah, blah, blah. Tags: career planning career change career growth.

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

Penelope Trunk

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts How to choose between passion and pay If you've been unemployed for a while, consider a career change Recognize when you're being a nutcase The new wave of entrepreneurship: Three things you need for success Career change is inevitable, so plan for it Comments (39) (..)

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BNET Column: Forget the job hunt. Have a baby instead. | Penelope.

Penelope Trunk

Posted by Sam on September 7, 2010 at 5:31 pm | permalink | Reply I am currently a grad student and I am doing this because there was no way I could find a job after getting laid off, and wanting to leverage my chances for a career change. So you generalizing that grad school is not the way to go is totally wrong.

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

Penelope Trunk

As my career shifts, I find that the key to keeping the shift moving in a productive way is to ask good questions. It’s ironic, because one of the most frequent questions I get from people is “what’s the best way to make a career change?” Anyway, I wouldn’t say redecorating is a career change, but maybe just a vocation vacation.

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The Role of Coaching in Tackling Procrastination

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Piers Steel, a researcher at the University of Calgary and author of the book The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done , reports that 95% of us procrastinate to some degree [2] and a 2007 study found that almost 25% of adults worldwide are chronic procrastinators [3].

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

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