Penelope Trunk

MARCH 11, 2010

Is this your first time here? The last video chat was so out of control that I actually got reprimanded from just about everyone in the company. Comments (37) Leave a Comment I would love to see your video chats, but the timing is really off for me. Sign up here.) So this week I'm doing the video chat alone.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 25, 2010

Is this your first time here? Here are some examples: Don't report sexual harassment Hold CEOs accountable for their bad parenting Living up to your potential is B.S. p.s. sis, pls dont worry that youre a dork & need to come across as more "normal." Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook Hi there.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger syndrome in the office: How I deal with sensory integration dysfunction Posted to: Diversity | Knowing yourself | Office Politics September 30th, 2009 Del.icio.us Today, I try to never go out for a meal.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog First, be honest about what you want Posted to: Goal setting | Knowing yourself November 2nd, 2009 Del.icio.us When I lived in New York City, I spent most of my time in Central Park and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Why men should give women flowers Posted to: Learn to take advice | Office Politics October 28th, 2009 Del.icio.us Women are reading to figure out how to get the men in their lives to send flowers.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 4 Types of questions get us in trouble Posted to: Interviewing | Knowing yourself | Networking October 12th, 2009 Del.icio.us Thanks for taking time out to read my mail. I will look forward to your response.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 5, 2010

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to get good ideas for startups Posted to: Entrepreneurship August 5th, 2010 Del.icio.us The type of farm we live on has big cash flow and little incomes. Not quite American Gothic.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 14, 2010

Is this your first time here? The topic is How to Figure Out Where to Live. How where you live affects your happiness. How it affects your career, but I’ve never written about how it affects your boots. Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I’m getting married on Saturday. For the wedding. Sign up here.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 26, 2010

Is this your first time here? And I will thank him a thousand times for the encouraging emails he sent to me when I was moping on my blog that I was in my dip and I was worried that I couldn't make it. Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook Guess what? It's 1p est on April 29. Sign up here.) Sign up here.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 14, 2010

Is this your first time here? I first became aware of this bastion of data when OK Cupid announced that older women benefit from showing cleavage in their photos, but younger women don't. million people who are registered on the site. via BoingBoing ) Here's the list: For Men: 1. Physicians 2. Police Officers 3. Teachers 2.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Blogs without topics are a waste of time Posted to: Finding a career | How to blog October 6th, 2009 Del.icio.us The more information and angles you can draw from, the more interesting your insights are.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Is this your first time here? Figuring out where one fits in the world of work. Many people think it was totally crazy that he sent an email to me, out of the blue. And when you are already forty and have not had one, you need something as cataclysmic as a girl from New York coming to the farm and shaking things up.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to bounce back Posted to: Goal setting December 11th, 2009 Del.icio.us But this is the day when my ex-husband sleeps over. When the kids are gone, I traipse downstairs and take four showers.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger's at work: Why I need a sick day to register my car Posted to: Diversity | Self-management December 1st, 2009 Del.icio.us I tell the DMV lady I filled out my form. But now I’m at the DMV.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to hit a wall at work, with grace Posted to: Career fulfillment | Knowing yourself December 22nd, 2009 Del.icio.us So this seems like a good time in my life to tell you what it’s like to be lost at your job.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger's at work: Why I'm difficult in meetings Posted to: Diversity | Knowing yourself October 29th, 2009 Del.icio.us So I try to get out of the argument. But sometimes my plans fail.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 1, 2010

Is this your first time here? I'm going to tell you how to write a blog that will help you meet your goals. I'm going to tell you how to write a blog that will help you meet your goals. Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook Yep, that's right. Tuesday night at 8 p.m. At the beginning. We are recording.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 12, 2010

Is this your first time here? It turns out that men and women in their 20's report the same levels of harassment. Some cases are considered harassment when a female manager calls a male subordinate "sweetie." Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook It's frog and toad mating season on the farm.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Is this your first time here? You can live someone eles’s tried-and-true template for a life, or you can make your life your own. I like seeing how it all turns out — what works in my house and what doesn’t. I like seeing how it all turns out — what works in my house and what doesn’t. Writing a novel.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 15, 2010

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 6 Tips for better conflict resolution Posted to: Negotiating April 15th, 2010 Del.icio.us So when I’m on the farm I just wear one of the farmer’s coats. Assert your needs clearly and specifically.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Is this your first time here? Posted to: Career fulfillment October 9th, 2009 Del.icio.us Posted to: Career fulfillment October 9th, 2009 Del.icio.us But when Yahoo popped up on the screen, I paused. When you choose your job, you choose your leaders. And one thing about work. Then I said, "Look.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Announcing: Brazen Careerist Top 50 Places to Work Posted to: Job Hunt December 16th, 2009 Del.icio.us The days when a company can screw you by underpaying you are over. Salary negotiations are over.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Thanksgiving drama on steroids: Adding a family business to the mix Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Money | Negotiating November 25th, 2009 Del.icio.us I’m not gonna say here that I don’t love my parents.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to deal with doubt: Take a leap Posted to: Fulfillment | Parenting October 22nd, 2009 Del.icio.us I tried to do the advisable thing to do when you’re with someone who has commitment issues. But I didn’t.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Is this your first time here? Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook When I was a single parent, I would get up at 6am to get ready before my kids woke up – all advice for how to get ready in the morni ng recommends this. I read reams of rants and rational advice about getting out of the house in the morning.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 12, 2010

Is this your first time here? I remember when I taught creative writing to freshmen at Boston University. When you love something, you want to write about it. When I tell people I'm moving to the farm, they say, "What will you do in the winter?" He says March is the mud month.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Is this your first time here? Posted to: Journalism | Parenting November 6th, 2009 Del.icio.us Posted to: Journalism | Parenting November 6th, 2009 Del.icio.us I block out the morning to write a thousand-word essay for the Guardian to justify tweeting about my miscarriage. Mainstream media stinks.) Or t he Farmer ?

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Is this your first time here? I learned this when I was a graduate student in English. Anyone who has read t his post or this post can figure out what X is. This is what he says when I point it out: “I’m really sorry. In fact, when he reads this post he will think it’s unfairly focused on his issues.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog We overestimate the gap between nonprofit and for-profit jobs Posted to: Finding a career | Fulfillment October 30th, 2009 Del.icio.us That’s what we do.” That’s appalling. Luckily, the non-profit world is changing.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 6, 2010

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Five tips for asking better questions Posted to: Finding a career | Fulfillment May 6th, 2010 Del.icio.us But today, when all facts are available to all people, it’s the questions that have become most important.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog This is what it looks like to have a hard time making a change Posted to: Fulfillment | Knowing yourself November 20th, 2009 Del.icio.us I traveled so much that when I get on a plane now, I have panic attacks.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Is this your first time here? Posted to: Parenting | Self-management December 4th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook When I was in the mental ward , it was mostly girls in their teens with messed up track records and eating disorders. Which makes me want to sleep. But I can’t sleep. Is it morning?

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog When is it okay to use the F word? My parents only realized in April of my senior year, when my friends were getting early admissions to Stanford and Brown, that I had not applied anywhere but Vassar.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Befriend the intern to fire up your career Posted to: Networking | Promoting Yourself July 30th, 2010 Del.icio.us Note: this was five years ago, when no one pitched bloggers. Wait, please.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 30, 2010

Is this your first time here? How to be a millionaire from your blog. I tell you guys all the time to forget about making money from your blog. For an example of someone who is not messing up her blog via semi-systematic neglect, check out Maria Killam's blog Colour Me Happy. I could say millions. Sign up here. )

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Is this your first time here? Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook When I was in high school, the police took me out of my parents’ house and put me at my grandma’s house. Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook When I was in high school, the police took me out of my parents’ house and put me at my grandma’s house.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog My birthday post Posted to: How to blog December 10th, 2009 Del.icio.us Also, maybe in the comments section, you will post your favorite post back to me. I'm going to give a gift to myself today.

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