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

Penelope Trunk

When a business is deciding whether to be for-profit or not-for-profit, they are thinking about what is the most efficient way to meet their goals. When a business is deciding whether to be for-profit or not-for-profit, they are thinking about what is the most efficient way to meet their goals. And you know what?

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Trend watch: HR, texting, needlepoint | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

When my company was running out of money , I would go to San Diego to give a speech and stay at a four-star hotel and not have a cent. About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Trend watch: HR, texting, needlepoint Posted to: Self-management May 30th, 2010 Del.icio.us Also, I’m getting fat.

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Being an expert takes time, not talent | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

One thing emerges very clearly is that successful performers “had practiced intensively, had studied with devoted teachers, and had been supported enthusiastically by their families throughout their developing years.” And if you think management in corporate life is an exception, you’re wrong. This is not a medical journal.

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How to manage a college education | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

It would be so great, and helpful, if college career centers could be front and center in every student’s planning. It would be so great, and helpful, if college career centers could be front and center in every student’s planning. So they can get away with having incompetent career centers.

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We're nearing the end of email, maybe | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

Also, there are so many pieces of our life that we tell at different times to different people. We all have email overload: we parse our messages into 40 one-to-one messages instead of just a single one-to-many message. At first I didn’t believe it. Here’s why: 1. Email is inefficient. Why not just say it once?

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