Eat Your Career

AUGUST 1, 2012

I had just gotten off the phone with one of my mentors. And my mentor gave me permission to cancel. Not exactly a jet engine but a tentative young bird, flapping with great effort and precision. Later, I relayed the story to my mentor via email and she said, “This is what growth looks like. An imposter. And on them.

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crowdspring

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Its dynamic culture encourages Boulder’s prosperous economy, draws people in (especially millennials), and provides them with excellent motivation to stay. behind Silicon Valley and New York), the city of flowers and sunshine boasts one of the largest concentrations of engineering graduates in the country. Las Vegas, NV.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 14, 2009

home as a consulting engineer for his employer in Provo, Utah, he was given 60-days notice in 2007 that he was going to be laid off. If you're starting a new line of work, or you're just starting your career, telecommuting will limit your ability to find a mentor, learn on-the-job, and develop relationships with your co-workers.

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crowdspring

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The Forbes Coaches Council explains it this way : Being a credible mentor for clients is key to achieving success in the industry. And, as long as you and your partner have the same goals, you’ll be motivated to work together to achieve them. Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization. Find the Right Help.

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Crestcom

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

He became my mentor. And that means you have to reverse engineer that definition to see, well if these are the results we want, what action would we need to take? And when I got to Italy, I was teaching English because I didn’t speak Italian. He hired me. I started to learn everything that I could from him.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

I want to be more diligent about finding a mentor to help me grow, outside of my supervisor. We meet many in our lives that can become our coaches or mentors, for longer or shorter periods of time. This brings to mind an article in a Men's Health I read regarding Intrinsic Motivation. Ask for feedback from people you trust.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

Teachers like Hilary in a prior comment and engineers (like me) are (or were at some time) able to find jobs and happiness in small towns or large cities across the entire U.S. And, like all millenniel quirks in the workplace, its hard to understand motivations when they are drastically different than our own. I think I agree.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 12, 2009

I spend days dreaming up the perfect question for my mentor who I haven’t spoken to in a month. " I'm an engineer and I get those type of questions from time to time, although they are usually from people trying to get respite from the hard work required to actually learn the technology they are working on. Have fun or die.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 5, 2010

So, FriendFeed was very very small, but Facebook bought them for what the engineering team learned how to do. To contrast what some the other comments, I too believe that being self-employed is MUCH better than having a job because that's my personality to be self-motivated and I saw large flaws in some of the traditional job systems.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

They may even give you the motivation needed to finally get that A project done. I'm stuck and nothing truly motivates me anymore. As an engineer I always try to think of technology solutions to problems like this. There are times when you just need to follow those whims, as unimportant and un-urgent as they are.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 6, 2010

It’s the best way to have a meaningful conversation and it’s the best way to rope in a mentor or look like a star performer. I think it's important to not make people feel bad or stupid when they ask questions – intimidation doesn't motivate learning. That rings true to me. Good questions require creative thinking.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Posted by Shannon on November 24, 2009 at 2:23 pm | permalink | Reply This totally applies to engineers in Silicon Valley and other geo locations as well. Posted by rennie on November 24, 2009 at 3:28 pm | permalink | Reply This totally applies to engineers in Silicon Valley and other geo locations as well. You are so right.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

And each of your break-ups has been motivated by fear of this growth and change, rather than by nastiness or gossip. Many are engineers. We play hide and seek with our own motives. We play hide and seek with our own motives. It's not just the sex, something in each of you completes the other person. Is this honesty?

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Posted by Steve C on September 13, 2010 at 12:49 pm | permalink | Reply I think video games are quite educational as motivators. I am a speech language pathologist as well as an evil mother and those motivators make learning seem not only fun, but necessary. in Chemical Engineering. " Pokemon = math.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I needed the motivation! For some reason, your voice seems to get through to her much better and smoother than mine on topics like frugality etc. : ) She totally looks up to you as a mentor! Unless it's an MBA from a top 10 school, or leads directly to a PhD in science of engineering, forget about it. Perfect for a Monday.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

But then, when I told one of my mentors that I’m not good at sales, he said, “Of course you’re good at sales. Your passion will motivate you because motivation is driven by emotion. For example, I’m an open book—I have very little ability to bluff or play my hand close to my—actually, what is that expression?

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

For years I've been trying to explain to my engineer husband how the numbers literally float around the page when I look at it and I should probably not be the one doing the taxes. On another note- I have the same types of issues with numbers. Great post. Then get a GPS.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

It is the motivating factor to get up by not having the morning routine. But remember, your sons don't care about getting out the door on-time so you'll have to motivate them some other way. A great site and motivator is [link] Read her free site and some of her "baby steps" concepts to get on the right track.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Don't hide what really motivates you; secretive people are not likable. Why are they so motivated to control him and his decisions? And he loves watching me do it, but he’s horrified to realize that there are a million versions of every story, and the person with the big blog audience gets extra weight for her story.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

I totally think it's important to learn to think about subjects that are not necessarily applicable to a job, and am motivated to do so on my own. These three are what make a liberal arts education more valuable than a vocational education like engineering or nursing.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 13, 2010

If you inspire someone to do a good job you've internally motivated them and they'll likely exceed your expectations. If you order someone to do a good job, they likely will (if they're capable) but do no more, being externally motivated. I am the most junior engineer in my division.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

I've done a fair amount of reading on happiness, but when it comes down to doing the simple activities that various books suggest to increase your level of happiness (spend 10 minutes each night writing down what you're grateful for, for example), I can never motivate myself to do it.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I went to the top engineering school in the country. The "smart kids" at my country bumpkin high school all went away to college and have been able to find successful careers in medicine, engineering, law and business despite having a high-school education that didn't include every AP class available to our city peers.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Pain usually preceeds growth, is a heckuva teacher and motivator. When I was 22 and bartending my way through engineering school I fell in love with a 35 year old stockbroker. I used to work for a major corporation in a big fancy engineering mgmt job in MSP and gave it all up to move to podunk North Dakota just to marry a farmer.

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