Vantage Circle

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

If you're here looking for a list of Friday quotes, we know exactly how you feel. If you're anything like me, Fridays look like the light at the end of the tunnel, with violins in the air, flowers blooming, and.well, you get the idea! After 5 days of absolute hustle, you finally get two days of complete peace. Nanea Hoffman.

Food 52

Food Motivation Accomplishment IT 52

Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 22, 2014

I was talking to this woman who’s in her late 20s about how you have to know what you want to be respected for in order to feel respected. People can’t respect you if you don’t respect you. I can’t tell you her name. You waste money on things that don’t work.

Networking 111

Networking Accounting IT 111

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

The people who look like they have everything they want are actually the people who are most clear on what they are willing to give up. Do you ever feel sad that you have never visited the moon? Because you just accept that you will not be doing that in your lifetime. Probably not.

Career 112

Career Credentials Accomplishment IT 112

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The reason I’m not homeless after basically taking a year off from writing is that I have been doing a lot of coaching. So people hire me to talk about their career and they realize they do not have a career problem. So people hire me to talk about their career and they realize they do not have a career problem.

Career Coach 76

Career Coach Career Coaching Career IT 76

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 29, 2015

This story begins at 3am in the Orrington Hotel when I am answering emails. I woke up in the middle of the night to my son vomiting on the bed, which we are sharing, and now smells faintly of chewed up room service fruit plate. You don’t think at all about the reader or what you are offering the reader.

Banking 111

Banking Construction Education IT 111

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 18, 2013

And Leo Babauta says you should clear out your reading folder each week so it doesn’t hang over you. I do all those things.” Two things Maddock writes are ”spend more time on the not to-do list” and “essentials first, email second.” I never do, of course. That didn’t work.

Creativity 111

Creativity IT Education Performance 111

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 25, 2012

High achievers organize their thinking with lists , they organize their time with lists , and when they want to spur their creativity, the best tool they have is to force themselves out of the comfort of their list. Pharmaceutical frenzy is nothing new for gen-yers who used prescription drugs to get a leg up on everything.

Pharmaceutical 112

Pharmaceutical Mentor Education Performance 112

On The Job

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Workplace Anxiety Disorder Impacts Employees at All Levels The world moves at such a fast pace these days that sometimes we make snap judgments just in order to keep pace.

Networking 187

Networking Mining Career Communication 187

Purple Crest

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In doing so, they can receive proper guidance to achieve success in their respective fields. They are a part of our experiences as we grow up. Reynolds is a 24-year old junior engineer working in a petrochemical plant. I heard you called me urgently. . It’s been almost a year that you are working for the company.

Development 52

Development Performance Management Management 52

Penelope Trunk

JULY 1, 2013

I’m driving to the Madison airport to pick up Ian, my new partner in my new secret startup. Did you read about how the new CEO overhauled women’s fashion and alienated all the loyal customers? (Or Where did you buy it? Where did you buy it?” I do everything online. All startups are a mess.”

Finance 111

Finance IT Career Management 111

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

My homeschool blog is mentioned in the New York Times. It's a small mention, but it's a big deal for me, because lately I've been obsessed with how people learn, and what makes a successful adult. It's a colossal mess, really. It's a colossal mess, really. But it's a work in progress.

IT 112

IT 112

Purple Crest

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Want to make notes that do not get lost with million others. What is that? Opt for a strategy that works and builds a strong knowledge store. But what if we say that writing down is the thinking process? If you are making your notes correctly, writing is not just a practice of penning down your thoughts.

Brainstorming 52

Brainstorming IT Creative Process Government 52

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 20, 2012

Maybe you’re thinking this is elementary, but did you know that envy is about wanting something you don’t have, but jealousy is the fear of losing something you already have? When I have a blog post that people love I am happy for weeks. And the excitement of doing good creative work gives me energy to do more.

Accounting 102

Accounting Accomplishment IT Creativity 102

Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 30, 2012

But then I read that what she really loves is filmmaking. 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? Because every big idea in the last 100 years has launched in an op-ed , which is 600 words, so how could you need more?

Career Path 112

Career Path Career Motivation Mining 112

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

I’m fascinated by the idea of judging whether you are on a good path. Because everyone wants to know if they are doing okay. The problem is that if you look at things out of context, you can’t really see what’s going on. See the picture up top? At first, I had a lot of work to do.

Career Path 111

Career Path Career Career Growth Education 111

Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 17, 2012

In the last week I have written three blog posts that my editor told me are stupid. The coach works for the players, instead of the other way around, and the players drum up their own money instead of receiving a paycheck from the team. “You’ve said all this before,” he told me. Beach volleyball is one.

IT 111

IT Medical Mining Food 111

Penelope Trunk

MAY 8, 2012

Now I can tell when a planting is late. I don’t do as good a job as the Farmer of course, but I won’t miss any that are really bad. Just when I was about to tell the boys to stop making a mess of the yard and stop taking stuff out of the garbage, a cat had her kittens in the fort. The farm is not my job.

Career 111

Career Food IT 111

Penelope Trunk

APRIL 22, 2013

One of the first things I wondered about the Farmer when I met him is why he was even reading my blog. I had no idea what he was talking about. The Farmer has a rule that I can listen but I have to wait until the end for questions, because people in the farm community are too nice to tell me when I’m asking too many.

IT 112

IT Accounting Solution Management 112

Penelope Trunk

JUNE 29, 2012

It was a big decision whether we should do reality TV. Since mostly only people with crazy, falling-apart lives do reality TV, I realized that to feel good about doing the show, I’d have to think about it as a job. So I need to be really careful letting other people do that. He wanted nothing to do with it.

Career 111

Career IT Creativity 111

On The Job

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y? Not so different from what Generation Y wants now, is it? Not so different from what Generation Y wants now, is it?

IT 100

IT Career Education Media 100

Eat Your Career

JANUARY 16, 2011

I started this website, I produced two e-workbooks and I started actively working one-on-one with more coaching clients. Every blog post I publish is a challenge. I recognize when perfectionism is weighing me down, hampering my enthusiasm and stalling my progress. That’s what drives us nuts. But I still have a ways to go.

IT 63

IT Motivation 63

Lateral Action

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Twenty years ago I would have told you “Business Is Evil”. I ended up blocked and bored of literature. I wanted to know what the mind was capable of. I discovered I loved working with people, helping them learn, make changes, solve problems. I set up practice in a fancy Notting Hill clinic. And artists.

Consulting 52

Consulting Creativity IT Media 52

Lateral Action

APRIL 15, 2009

You call yourself an 'artist, designer, entrepreneur and impossibility remediation specialist'. What do those names mean to you? Really, each of those names applies to a subset of what I do. Really, each of those names applies to a subset of what I do. As an Artist.

Creativity 52

Creativity Consulting Engineering Development 52

Crestcom

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This message is visible in his podcast Learnings and Missteps , his book Becoming the Promise You are Intended to Be and the Live Stream experience known as No BS with Jen & Jess. Building Connected Teams Through Vulnerability In this episode, Jenn and Jesse take a closer look at how teams work and how to create better team relationships.

Construction 52

Construction Leadership Consulting Problem Solving 52

Wrike

JULY 31, 2019

You try your best to keep your team (and your projects) on track. You know that something needs to change, so you’re keeping an eye out for ways you can boost your team’s efficiency and avoid that dreaded last-minute scramble to get projects over the finish line. . Problem: You can’t figure out task dependencies.

Problem Solving Tools 85

Problem Solving Tools Problem Solving Communication Business Problem Solving 85

Penelope Trunk

MARCH 1, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Live video chat: Blogging Bootcamp, Tuesday March 2 Posted to: How to blog March 1st, 2010 Del.icio.us I'm going to tell you how to write a blog that will help you meet your goals. " So sign up here.

Career 80

Career Management Management IT 80

Penelope Trunk

JUNE 22, 2012

It’s all written by men who write about time management while their wives are at home taking care of their kids, or by men who don’t have anything to do except write about time management. It’s me, in New York City, supposedly working during my workday. And you know what? See that photo?

Management 111

Management Management IT Accomplishment 111

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

You know you’re in denial when your bio still says you live a thousand miles from where you really live. Also I couldn’t do obsessive late-night purchases on Anthropologie because I couldn’t remember that I still had the farm address on my credit card. It’s messed up.

Strategic Planning 75

Strategic Planning Career Coach Career Coaching Career 75

Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Mindfulness makes you more productive Posted to: Productivity | Time management February 22nd, 2010 Del.icio.us Or maybe I am doing them both at the same time? Which is something I never do. I don’t know. Which it might be.

IT 107

IT Career Management Management 107

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Time management is not about tasks Posted to: Management | Time management September 17th, 2010 Del.icio.us Now that I’ve read some parenting books I know that you should give specific reasons that your kids are special. As they pop up.

Management 111

Management Management Construction IT 111

Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

I'm frustrated that I have so much traffic coming to this blog (about 750,000 page views this month) and I have this post about domestic violence at the top spot in my blog. It's hard for me to believe that it counts; I didn't believe my dad was abusing me even when the police were taking me away.

Recruitment 98

Recruitment Consulting IT Career 98

Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

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 This not because they can’t do the work. This not because they can’t do the work.

IT 111

IT Education Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

JULY 13, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog The farmer reviews three business books Posted to: Parenting | Productivity | Self-management July 13th, 2010 Del.icio.us When I first started forwarding my mail to the farmer’s address, he had to buy a larger mailbox. This is largely true.]

Career 97

Career Management Management IT 97

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 27, 2014

When I started writing about careers we were at the beginning of a huge revolution. If you start at the beginning of a revolution you look like a crazy person. The revolution hasn’t started yet, which means that everyone is trying to hold on to what they know. You can see this best in the American Revolution.

Education 110

Education Career Finance Government 110

Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 11, 2009

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 Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook This is what I thought yesterday: I thought, today is the day I’m going to start going to the gym again. That’s right.

IT 89

IT Management Management Career 89

Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Lesson from LeBron James: How to decide when to relocate Posted to: Fulfillment | Quitting July 9th, 2010 Del.icio.us James encapsulates the issues each of us faces when we decide if we should relocate. Is this your first time here?

Career 111

Career IT Management Management 111

Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

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 He uses, as an example, the day I promoted an event on my blog a few hours after it actually happened.) Wait, please.

Career 111

Career Networking Mentor IT 111