Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 23, 2010

So here it is: New York Magazine. But New York Magazine is the best at taking my breath away, every time. Also, the ads in the back of the magazine for things that cure ailments like sagging labia help me to keep perspective on problems coming in the pipeline. New York Magazine is my roadmap for being lost.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

When my last car broke down in the middle of an intersection, I got the magazine out of the trunk before I abandoned the car. I think that’s why I carry the magazine with me everywhere I go. I want to be more diligent about finding a mentor to help me grow, outside of my supervisor. To remind me to look.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 9, 2010

The times when all I can accomplish is one foot in front of the other, one moment at a time… Posted by Necie on March 9, 2010 at 1:55 pm | permalink | Reply Just because you told your readers to shut up. It's so true – our greatest triumphs are those we accomplish within ourselves. This is me everyday.

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2009

I'd like to add one idea from a mentor of mine, who led big organizations in both sectors. How much greater good would that have accomplished? Salesforce.com rocks! I asked her what she sees as the main difference between working for a non-profit and working for a company.

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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. Exaggeration: repeated tales of humanitarian accomplishments grow in the retelling. I think she'd think my friend Penelope is a kook, but I love her anyway. -SK

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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. An old-fashioned book or magazine is good. Have a non-electronic diversion with you.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

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. I only know a fair bit about it because I've read a couple books and a great many journals, magazines and websites on it.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 18, 2009

The always-interesting Clive Thompson reported her findings in Wired magazine: First, only 38 percent of the writing young people do takes place in the classroom. Contrast this with my gen X brother who never reads anything beyond his fishing magazine, and wouldn't know a comma if it hit him over the head. That's all.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

More about the world of delusion: Time magazine reports that 78% women feel that media does not accurately represent women with kids. Or just continue to pity them all, no matter how much they accomplish in life? Magazine for proof. For years, the only way that the magazine has survived is on subscriptions alone.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Do you know the Approval Matrix in New York magazine? New York magazine has perfected a way to showcase the thrill that is behind the brilliance of low-brow culture. Sorry to be a downer but creativity in the workplace is highly overated and tough to accomplish. You have to look at it.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 13, 2010

And, lest you think trade magazines are dumping ground sub-par writing, check out Furniture World. While I would never be called early adopter of technology (I didn’t try twitter til it was in Time magazine) I like experimenting with tools for building tribes. I am a Gen-Xer and all you need to do is read my Alumni magazine.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

So here’s another good example from Shenk of us thinking that we see people do things on their own, but we don’t: Tiger's distance control was a problem," Williams explained to Golf magazine. "So First, I don't even see how you accomplish what you set out to do. "So I would adjust yardages and not tell him."

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 22, 2009

They told us how smart we were and how we'd accomplish so much. Three magazines to subscribe to on the farm: Astronomy, Stockman Grass Farmer (by Allan Nation) and Birding World or Birds & Blooms. I vote for marry the farmer, in hopes that at least your kids will have access to another person when you fall off the deep end.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 7, 2010

And it's covered really well in a New York magazine article by Jennifer Senior about happiness.) But secondly, I've been feeling like my career isn't going anywhere and that my work isn't accomplishing anything. And maximizers are not happy. This is pretty well established research. " So true!

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

You are accomplishing your goal of being perceived as young, fun, and fuckable. I also managed to make my sister cry by calling her the name of a magazine cover girl – it was foreign-sounding and again said in a very insulting tone. (Of Of course, you can't do that do adults.)

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

As a result, I'm content to remain a behind-the-scenes figure or a mentor's mentor ( [link] ). " Some people need the excitement and sense of accomplishment that comes from having an interesting life. And they probably are content with healthy, they wouldn't strive for magazine driven anorexia.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 17, 2010

I know you've done a lot of research into positive psychology, but a search of your blog revealed no reference to the work of psychologist Barbara Fredrickson, who has a book out right now and who was recently interviewed in a magazine called The Sun (full disclosure: my wife conducted the interview). Perhaps we're not alone.

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