Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook I have found that the best way to manage myself is by asking for a lot of help. When it comes to finding a mentor, the most effective mentors are 3-5 years ahead of you in the workplace. I was wondering if there were any ways you knew of online to find a mentor. Great post!

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

Ryan Paugh , who was basically my intern when I met him , and now he's almost my boss and definitely my social-skills mentor , tells me that I am popular because I'm interesting but that I suck at self-promotion. (He After a year there, one of the senior partners approached me and asked if he could be my mentor. I asked why.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 15, 2010

Mine are always not dry enough, not warm enough, or not dirty enough for going into the chicken house. Management consultant Frans Johansson found that in the case of a startup, there is no time for conflict because there are too many decisions that have to be made very quickly. Penelope's woodwork looks just like mine.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 8 Tips for anger management Posted to: Office Politics | Parenting | Self-management January 8th, 2010 Del.icio.us But I am working on anger management. Use solutions-based language in tense conversations. I am both those people.

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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 EEG neurofeedback training is the best solution because it trains the brain out of that pattern. Is this your first time here?

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger's at work: Why I need a sick day to register my car Posted to: Diversity | Self-management December 1st, 2009 Del.icio.us I don’t see a crowd of people holding papers like mine. We have time management issues.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to take intelligent risks Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Finding a career | Quitting | Self-management September 29th, 2010 Del.icio.us The best risk takers are in fields like entrepreneurship, hedge fund management, and excavation.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Tweet This Facebook StumbleUpon Email this post to a friend Related Posts Twentysomething: The safe route is overrated Sometimes finding a job is a mixed blessing 5 overlooked rules of management TIME Magazine mentioned my blog. My family and many other families have been able to find a solution to this type of situation.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

I am writing a book about crisis media management in the digital age and woudl love to include your twitter comment. A friend of mine who recently started blogging used Twitter to ask what others' blog stats were like. I'm getting out of mine a little more each day. Oneo'thesedays, I'ma just dive right in!

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

I've used it to help me manage my subconscious mind's attitudes and beliefs, and I've made a lot of progress with it. I like the way you managed the 'bottleneck" by simply taking positive action and converting the porch into an office. It doesn't matter where you put the sofa. You can still sit on it.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

He has asked me to not talk over him, but I have a hard time telling if it is his turn to talk or mine. It’s mine. He is not sure how he wants to manage it. By the way, loved your video conference on Managing Up. At the end of the day I guess I just need more focus or better time management. Works for me.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

Even if I manage to do that, I will not feel like I have accomplished something important today. Make a plan to manage your success 3 great time management strategies I'm failing at Comments (148) Leave a Comment Not soporiferous at all (A very interesting word btw; 'sopor' meaning sleep and 'ferous' meaning savage.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I am "hidden" far away from from management as possible (in a different building from the rest of my department.) I myself do not have Asperger's syndrome but as I am in my mid-30s with zero talent/interest in management, I find becoming unemployable due to insufficient social skill a frightening prospect too.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook A lot of people ask me how I manage to keep a job when I have Asperger syndrome. on September 30, 2009 at 9:01 pm | permalink | Reply > A lot of people ask me how I manage to keep a job when I > have Asperger syndrome. God you have everything! When do you get abducted by space aliens?

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How I improved my morning routine Posted to: Time management September 13th, 2010 Del.icio.us The house manager arrived at the house shortly after I got the kids to school and recommended some wine as a way to cope. Is this your first time here?

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Find a business analogy that takes the feeling of failure out of it if that's a problem (here's one: a therapist is like a mentor for your marriage). Its awesome what you managed and what you have mounted. Think of it as a kind of prophylactic. Be sensible about this. At first: CONGRATULATIONS about that big success.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

So even if he had managed to keep you, he would always know down deep inside that his parents chose control over support. Posted by KateNonymous on December 8, 2009 at 4:35 pm | permalink | You're welcome to your experience, I only try to speak from mine. Now he knows that they will control him for the rest of their lives.

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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. I have seen many organizations with highly successful sales organizations based on team collaboration (internally among the staff) and consultative solution discovery (externally with customers). He’s right. Posted by Jim C.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

" But how does one manage being both creative and mitigating risk to a reasonable level? If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Can you comprehend how much a part of the solution you could become? I got introduced to it when I was studying abroad by a buddy of mine from Boston.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 7, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog You can be happier by reading this post Posted to: Learn to take advice | Self-management January 7th, 2010 Del.icio.us Middle managers in business report higher levels of stress than more senior managers despite having lower work loads.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I was completely incapable of managing the college application process on my own. There is research from Yehuda Baruch , professor of management at University of East Anglia that swearing at work helps build teamwork. After all, I couldn't even manage to have a wedding for my wedding. And I will refrain from using fuck.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

His book, Create Your Own Economy , is about how the information flow of the Internet allows us to manage our careers differently than before. I wish that I could offer a solution, but alas, I'm just a searcher like yourself. I recently spoke to Tyler Cowen , professor of economics at George Mason University.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Posted to: Parenting | Self-management December 4th, 2009 Del.icio.us I hope that the rule of past performance predicting future performance will skew more toward his former exits than mine. But there's no magic solution. Is this your first time here? He says it has happened at every startup he’s ever had. I try to focus.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 23, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog We're nearing the end of email, maybe Posted to: Networking | Self-management April 23rd, 2010 Del.icio.us Google know how to make large quantities of data manageable and they know how to write good software. At first I didn’t believe it.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

" I try to do my best work no matter where I am, but on more than one occasion I have been struck by how much better my best can be when I have a good and inspiring manager/boss/professor. Posted by Andy on October 9, 2009 at 11:57 am | permalink | Reply A friend of mine has nominated this for next year's Nobel Peace Prize.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 17, 2010

And, people who manage their careers well end up paying more attention to a company’s reputation for caring about people and community than what any given job description is. Today, we define ourselves by the integrity with which we manage our career. Jessica Thompson Manager, U.S. We are currently looking into this matter.

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