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What makes a blog successful? | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Posted to: Goal setting | How to blog November 17th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I have always thought that blogging is a way to reach your career goals. It’s hard to write a blog if you don’t have a goal. Most of us evolve so our goals evolve too. Blogs are tools in that respect.

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

Penelope Trunk

It's really dangerous to think there are vastly different motivators in the non-profit world. You'll notice that in the for-profit world, in the new workplace, money is not a key motivator. I'd like to add one idea from a mentor of mine, who led big organizations in both sectors. Salesforce.com rocks!

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How to get unstuck in life | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

They may even give you the motivation needed to finally get that A project done. Mine from yesterday had 13 items on it, I was able to cross off one and felt almost giddy when I crossed it off. I'm stuck and nothing truly motivates me anymore. To Do lists are hard; it’s true and I struggle with mine every day.