Comments on: Interview tip: Manage your image by telling good stories http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: An Introduction « Outside the Ins http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-260920 An Introduction « Outside the Ins Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:41:18 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-260920 [...] one of my favorite worklife writers, Penelope Trunk, has some great thoughts about using stories to manage your image and describe your career, so I’m going to step back from simply telling my life [...] [...] one of my favorite worklife writers, Penelope Trunk, has some great thoughts about using stories to manage your image and describe your career, so I'm going to step back from simply telling my life [...]

]]> By: Reader Question #26: How do I bounce back after being fired? « CaptainAwkward.com http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-245916 Reader Question #26: How do I bounce back after being fired? « CaptainAwkward.com Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:33:25 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-245916 [...] Man, I’m sorry, that has to be a blow to the ego and the wallet.  Fortunately for both of us, Penelope Trunk talks about this sort of thing.  I suggest you read her whole post, but the part I’m most drawn to is this: “Make a quick and essential mental shift. Tell yourself that you  weren’t forced out, you left. You must believe this in order to create a cogent, believable story about your life. And, it’s true. Because it doesn’t matter who decided first that you’re a bad fit. Just because you decide second that it’s time to move on doesn’t mean you didn’t decide it. So, you have control of your life. You have vision for your life. And you decided that it’s time to move on. The stories you tell yourself about your life are essential to your self-image.“ [...] [...] Man, I'm sorry, that has to be a blow to the ego and the wallet.  Fortunately for both of us, Penelope Trunk talks about this sort of thing.  I suggest you read her whole post, but the part I'm most drawn to is this: "Make a quick and essential mental shift. Tell yourself that you  weren’t forced out, you left. You must believe this in order to create a cogent, believable story about your life. And, it’s true. Because it doesn’t matter who decided first that you’re a bad fit. Just because you decide second that it’s time to move on doesn’t mean you didn’t decide it. So, you have control of your life. You have vision for your life. And you decided that it’s time to move on. The stories you tell yourself about your life are essential to your self-image." [...]

]]> By: Getting fired from love… « science is magical http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-243501 Getting fired from love… « science is magical Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:02:57 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-243501 [...] pops Penelope’s post about GETTING FIRED.  and another about how we tell our story impacting who we are and how we are [...] [...] pops Penelope’s post about GETTING FIRED.  and another about how we tell our story impacting who we are and how we are [...]

]]> By: zing.i http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-239907 zing.i Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:30:13 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-239907 Alas, this otherwise highly useful post steps around the issue of what to do if you were actually fired - in my case for "bad fit" (read incompetence). How does it sound to say you weren't ready for that job yet? For extra challenge, what's a good story given that I was fired from another very different job 7 years later, with only consulting in between the two? Are there good careers for the fit-challenged? Alas, this otherwise highly useful post steps around the issue of what to do if you were actually fired – in my case for "bad fit" (read incompetence). How does it sound to say you weren't ready for that job yet?

For extra challenge, what's a good story given that I was fired from another very different job 7 years later, with only consulting in between the two?

Are there good careers for the fit-challenged?

]]> By: Cat http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-236300 Cat Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:48:02 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-236300 Such an interesting perspective! I've never thought about it before, but I have carefully honed my story of "literate geek", how someone with a journalism degree and an extreme aversion to math and science ended up in technology. Now that I realize it's storytelling, I'll have to work on honing my work. ;) Such an interesting perspective! I've never thought about it before, but I have carefully honed my story of "literate geek", how someone with a journalism degree and an extreme aversion to math and science ended up in technology. Now that I realize it's storytelling, I'll have to work on honing my work. ;)

]]> By: The one clear thing Part 1 « Transcending http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-234546 The one clear thing Part 1 « Transcending Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:17:59 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-234546 [...] mean you need to start a new blog. It means you need to understand how your changing self integrates with your old self. Your blog is a way to watch yourself change. Your topic is a way to ground [...] [...] mean you need to start a new blog. It means you need to understand how your changing self integrates with your old self. Your blog is a way to watch yourself change. Your topic is a way to ground [...]

]]> By: ngan hang tmcp http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-216485 ngan hang tmcp Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:22:56 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-216485 Seem we have all to know more about ourself, what we're best at and always honest is the easiest way to archive our goals Seem we have all to know more about ourself, what we're best at and always honest is the easiest way to archive our goals

]]> By: 5 Things to do when you’re unemployed. Hint: It’s not job hunting. | Career Guerrilla http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-182438 5 Things to do when you’re unemployed. Hint: It’s not job hunting. | Career Guerrilla Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:58:10 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-182438 [...] you are in the job interview. And the good news is that the better you get at talking like that, the more you will actually believe your story, the story that being unemployed is lucky because you have learning [...] [...] you are in the job interview. And the good news is that the better you get at talking like that, the more you will actually believe your story, the story that being unemployed is lucky because you have learning [...]

]]> By: Nine Steps to Acing a Job Interview « My Family Info http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-172982 Nine Steps to Acing a Job Interview « My Family Info Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:24:50 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-172982 [...] telling stories actually makes us feel disjointed — which is, of course, no good in an interview. Compelling stories make us believe in ourselves. So find a story arc to your career, and tell it during every [...] [...] telling stories actually makes us feel disjointed — which is, of course, no good in an interview. Compelling stories make us believe in ourselves. So find a story arc to your career, and tell it during every [...]

]]> By: leese http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-147396 leese Fri, 16 May 2008 13:31:48 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/27/interview-tip-manage-your-image-by-telling-good-stories/#comment-147396 Fascinating. I know this is a blog about business but this very issue, not being able to understand the story of my education and career trajectory, led me to take up astrology and later numerology. While no silver bullet, the latter especially helped me understand my motivations, cravings and passions within a coherent framework. I'm actually kicking around a book idea that helps others discover the underpinnings of their work lives cast in the light of their numerological blueprint. Not everyone accepts the veracity of different spiritual traditions, but it sure makes for a great story! Fascinating. I know this is a blog about business but this very issue, not being able to understand the story of my education and career trajectory, led me to take up astrology and later numerology.

While no silver bullet, the latter especially helped me understand my motivations, cravings and passions within a coherent framework. I'm actually kicking around a book idea that helps others discover the underpinnings of their work lives cast in the light of their numerological blueprint.

Not everyone accepts the veracity of different spiritual traditions, but it sure makes for a great story!

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