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What a Black person thinks when they read this blog

Penelope Trunk

I asked Whitney to annotate one of my blog posts because I want to better understand the white privilege on my blog. Because I’ve been following you for more than a decade, and I believe you’re a good person who is just ignorant in the way that white supremacy requires white people to be. Also, I’m a teacher.

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Read this if you think you don’t have Aspergers

Penelope Trunk

years…also because boredom. So you could talk about if it’s good or bad to hang out with people who aren’t your age. I stayed home for a year but was bored silly so went back to work but have changed jobs, on average, every 2.25 And my husband is 18 years older and can no longer offer us medical benefits. Oh and I’m INFJ.

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20 Ways to Become More Creative, Productive and Successful

Lateral Action

Illustration by Oscar Ramos Orozco We all know vegetables and exercise are good for our health – but who’d have guessed boredom was good for creativity? My latest piece for The 99% is about Why Boredom Is Good for Your Creativity, and explains a harsh truth about the creative process – and what to do […].

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The Path to Individual Transformation in the Workplace, Part Two

BetterUp

Malcolm Gladwell, author of “Outliers: The Story of Success,” said that, “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”. The opportunity to practice new complex skills in today’s workplace is essential to employee growth. Stage Two: Doing. Mental Energy.

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The Path to Individual Transformation in the Workplace, Part Two

BetterUp

Malcolm Gladwell, author of “Outliers: The Story of Success,” said that, “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” The opportunity to practice new complex skills in today’s workplace is essential to employee growth. Stage Two: Doing. Mental Energy.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: If You're Not Happy at Work, Will.

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, June 10, 2010 If Youre Not Happy at Work, Will You Be Miserable Overall? Rath also points out that good bosses are the foundation of our happiness.

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There are three career paths and one will fit you

Penelope Trunk

It’s like a little film and after I saw the ad I got upset that I cannot make such good ads for my books. Books are too long—my writing sweet spot is about as long as a good blog post. Do you want to know the rule for blog post length? But then I read that what she really loves is filmmaking.