Penelope Trunk

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To the women of the graduating class of 2004

May 19th, 2004
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Most of you have not witnessed extreme gender inequality during college, and most of you do not think of yourselves as activists. But I have news for you: The corporate world does not offer equal opportunity, and most of you will need to become activists to create lives which include children and work.
But you probably …

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Make a plan for summer reading

Posted to: Knowing yourself
May 13th, 2004
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As you make you plans for your summer, plan to take a break from the business book bestseller list. Instead, read with the goal of taking yourself out of your intellectual comfort zone, because fresh tracks in your thinking will lead to fresh tracks in your career. Here are some guidelines for summer reading:
Ask a …

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Lessons I learned as an arbitrage clerk

Posted to: Networking | Office Politics
May 6th, 2004
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I learned my first lessons in the importance of workplace communication when I had a job in the British Pound trading pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. What makes the exchange special is that there are no pretenses: You don’t have to be an Ivy Leaguer or a genius trader to succeed. The people who …

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