Making a choice and trying it is an important career skill. And choosing something practical, that people get paid well for, is an important life skill.
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Your biggest career decision is who you marry | Penelope Trunk Blog
You have to be really clear on what you are not willing to give up—because you’ll probably be giving up everything else.
Your biggest career decision is who you marry | Penelope Trunk Blog
When to leave grad school off your resume | Penelope Trunk Blog
People who have excitement about deciding for themselves what to read and what to learn are people who stop going to school and join the workforce. The workplace, done right, is a place for self-directed learning.
When to leave grad school off your resume | Penelope Trunk Blog
The most adult decisions in your life are ones that put severe limits on other possibilities.
Penelope Trunk. Filed under: decisions.
What Facebook’s IPO means for women | Penelope Trunk Blog
It’s no coincidence that the number-one woman on the list of self-made millionaires is Oprah. She has no kids and no husband. She’s fascinating, nice, and smart. But few of us would really enjoy her life.
When we say, “What do you do?” we really mean what do you learn? Because that’s what makes a person interesting – what they are learning. No one wants to answer the question what do you do if they have a job where they are not learning. That’s how you know it’s the learning that matters.
4 Reasons traveling is a waste of time | Penelope Trunk
I do not disagree with any of these. Food for thought!
You can tell if it’s your own plan by how lost you feel. People who do their own plans feel lost most of the time. People who do other peoples’ plans feel on track most of the time.
Should you pursue mastery? | Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist
At some point, all first dates become the same. The beginnings of relationships are all the same, but deeper connections require understanding more and more about yourself to keep going. That’s what I think of mastery. […] It occurs to me that mastery is irrational. Pursuing it makes life more difficult and more interesting than people really need life to be. But people who are driven to mastery can’t stop. It’s either charming or boorish. I’m not sure which.
Should you pursue mastery? | Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist
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