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How to be lost with panache | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Changing my schedule to make specific time for blogging. I used to write at Yahoo finance and I learned so much from that gig. 3. Shifting to writing more for other outlets. So I’m linking to the stuff I’m writing at BNET. Subscribe -- free!

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The fifth annual Q&A. Or sixth. I can't remember. | Penelope.

Penelope Trunk

But avoiding the move will allow her to keep her career and finances on track without dealing with the VI's bizarre economy. #2: My advice, if you do decide to move for a partner, make sure your finances are in order and you can land on your own two feet if things don't work out. The romance? Still going strong!

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How to do damage control | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Also, I've written a lot about how career change goes better when you can create a story of your life that shows the upcoming change is the next logical step. Posted by finance girl on September 27, 2010 at 1:58 pm | permalink | Reply Time management is so important. This research comes from INSEAD.)

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Frugality is a career tool | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

About six weeks later when I had the hairbrained idea to start my own business, I could look at the decisions we had made earlier and how they allowed us to move forward with financing our business. Lots of job and career changes. I am a finance geek and he has great ideas and a great tone. Not to dis you, though.

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My birthday post | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

My financial history, and stop whining about your job, March 2007 My personal finances have been sort of a wreck since about 2001. It's even scarier to be a career advisor in a financial mess. P.S. One of my mentors used to say "anything worth doing is worth doing 'badly'!" But I like the last line.

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Start recognizing patterns in problems | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

Turns out he had also lied to me about the level of financial control X had over his finances. I can't remember. He went to therapy and stopped lying to me and himself. As soon as he started to draw boundaries with X, X turned vindictive. We're picking up the pieces now and we'll be fine.

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BNET Column: Forget the job hunt. Have a baby instead. | Penelope.

Penelope Trunk

Posted by Sam on September 7, 2010 at 5:31 pm | permalink | Reply I am currently a grad student and I am doing this because there was no way I could find a job after getting laid off, and wanting to leverage my chances for a career change. Our family has grown stronger, but it does change life, career and finances.

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