Don’t wait until you bottom out. The worst thing about big change is not that it's so hard to adjust. The worst thing is that we usually have to bottom out before we make a big change; we wait until there is no other choice before we give in.
I bottomed out in the car, during …
It's the Penelope Trunk Q&A column. I like to think my columns answer the questions that people don't ask but should. But today I'll answer the questions that people really ask.
Most popular question: How can I switch jobs and not take a cut in pay? Of course, the answer is that you can't. But people …
When you lose your job, or even if you're worried about it, the most important thing you can do for your career is aggressively save your money. The average job hunt takes six months. If your salary is above average, then so is the estimated length of your job hunt. Money in the bank will …
The twenty-something set mistakenly believes that men and women are equals at work; meanwhile, the wage gap between men and women continues to increase. The wage gap doesn't affect women until they have a kid — when they are way too busy juggling work and family to shout out to the world about the wage …
Three weeks ago I wrote a column about dealing with war anxiety. I interviewed my family (what else is new?) and then wrote about my brother Mike's worries about life insurance.
Then this guy, Paul, started sending emails to me: “Who is your source on that insurance stuff in your column?”
Paul's emails kept coming. He called …
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