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What makes a blog successful? | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Posted to: Goal setting | How to blog November 17th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I have always thought that blogging is a way to reach your career goals. It’s hard to write a blog if you don’t have a goal. So, here I am, asking myself, what is my goal with the blog now?

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How to get unstuck in life | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Even if I manage to do that, I will not feel like I have accomplished something important today. But if I finish this post, I will feel like I am meeting an important goal of writing a post each day. And then, when it turns out that it really does mean sleep inducing I didn’t feel accomplished. It was not on my to-do list.

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

Penelope Trunk

I'd like to add one idea from a mentor of mine, who led big organizations in both sectors. There ARE some nonprofits that are run this way (mine is!), How much greater good would that have accomplished? A friend of mine is thinking of starting a for profit company that serves not for profits. Salesforce.com rocks!

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