Comments on: Lessons from a French chicken farm

By: Lisa Earle McLeod

Lisa Earle McLeod — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:32:53 +0000

I beg to differ with the person who said this was lame advice. Have you ever had a job or been a manager?

This is GREAT advice!

I've been a corporate coach, consultant, trainer and speaker for over 20 years, and if everyone in corporate America followed this advice, I wouldn't have a job! These are exactly the issues people struggle with,.

Give me someone who can make the most of a summer on a French chicken farm, and I'll show you a future CEO!

By: ¿Es productivo viajar? (596) | Yoriento

¿Es productivo viajar? (596) | Yoriento — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:52:29 +0000

[...] de Sudáfrica en el instituto. Pero exactamente como yo: rica, blanca, judía. Pero cuando viví en una granja francesa un verano, la gran diferencia entre yo y la familia rural no era que ellos fuesen franceses. Era [...]

By: On Travelling « The Wayfarer

On Travelling « The Wayfarer — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:32:37 +0000

[...] I had a South African roommate in college. But she was just like me: rich, white, Jewish. But when I lived on a French farm for a summer, the big difference between me and the farm family wasn't that they were French. [...]

By: dan

dan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:27:52 +0000

Im not gonna be a prick and say your advice is wrong, it's not really advice, its more personal preference and to you travelling is a waste of time. Imo, its the best thing you can ever do :D

By: Eunice

Eunice — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:05:32 +0000

You are a genius.

By: Thomas S

Thomas S — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:28:09 +0000

Wow, you told me! Does it really matter what the URL is? If I use MY website to post things for public consumption, AND THEN ESTABLISH A MESSAGE BOARD FOR VISITORS TO LEAVE COMMENTS, does it not follow that those folks reading my site, who are allowed to post THEIR feelings, that may differ from YOURS, might leave posts that are unfavorable of me?

You want to talk about missing the point? Let's see, I believe that YOU have COMPLETELY missed the point regarding the purpose of a message board allowing EVERYONE/ANYONE to post their feelings.

I am allowed to state MY (as in, mine, NOT your's)
opinion on Ms Trunk's writings. If you do not like my opinions, well…ummm….I guess, too bad!

Now, to quote you, "i’m sure thats a point even you will get".

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Hello, Everyone: I just want to say that I do not think this is a nice comment. And I don't think it's particularly productive in terms of contributing to the community. I am not deleting the comment, but I would like to ask that people not scream at each other.

–Penelope

By: dsrtwnd

dsrtwnd — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:46:40 +0000

check the URL thomas,in light of the fact it IS ms trunk's site, i damn well feel she is entitled to go on about how wonderful she is. now, i'm sure thats a point even you will get.

By: Jennifer R

Jennifer R — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:50:27 +0000

It appears that most of you missed the point of this post – Tha you should be able to look at your own life experiences and apply what you learned to other parts of your life.
I have read many of Penelope's posts, and find them very refreshing.

By: Thomas S

Thomas S — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:06:43 +0000

For those posters who are complaining about someone with typos in their post being critical of Ms Trunk's advice on typos, that is just plain foolish! Learn to differentiate between a resume (extremely important) and a post on a message board (not important). The grammatical accuracy of a post here will not make or break someones attempt to receive a job interview – mistakes on a resume very well could.

And while some of you may find the article about the French farm beneficial, there are many of us who see it as little more than a "look at me and how wonderful I am" piece. I respect the fact that you may have gotten something else out of it, so please respect the fact that I and others may see it as useless self promotion by the author. To call my point of view on the article "missing the point" is your opinion, you are welcome to it, but realize that there are many of us who believe that we see the point very clearly, and it is in stark contrast to the way you see it.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:35:14 +0000

I very much enjoyed the piece on the lessons from a French farm, but I was surprised by the job advice. As someone who's generally been the overworked and underpaid employee I can very much relate to the point someone made about employers not doing what is necessary to retain their workers, but I still think that in the long run it looks unstable to change jobs so often. Companies do not want to invest in workers who likely will not stay. Same thing with the typos – it's one page, easy to proofread. Have a friend do it if you're bad at it yourself.

With gaps – it makes sense that they would be fine if you can explain them. And when it comes to online identities, some of your suggestions are good but not worrying about what's posted already is definitely not good advice. When I apply for jobs in the legal field when my degree is finished and I pass the bar, I don't want to take a single chance that I won't get a job because of something written on myspace that I could remove while someone else has nothing written at all.