Comments on: Thanksgiving is good for your career http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:58:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: The connection between a good job and happiness is overrated » Brazen Careerist http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-17853 The connection between a good job and happiness is overrated » Brazen Careerist Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:44:21 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-17853 [...] It does look like religion, because positive psychology promotes things religion promotes, like showing gratitude at the end of each day. But really, what this tells us is that the things that make us happy are much more basic than doing interesting work with interesting people. [...] [...] It does look like religion, because positive psychology promotes things religion promotes, like showing gratitude at the end of each day. But really, what this tells us is that the things that make us happy are much more basic than doing interesting work with interesting people. [...]

]]> By: Sheamus http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-3307 Sheamus Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:22:47 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-3307 Gorgeous post! Gorgeous post!

]]> By: Sheamus http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2998 Sheamus Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:28:01 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2998 Happy Thanksgiving Penelope! Happy Thanksgiving Penelope!

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2984 Gordon Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:06:16 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2984 I read a book which made a serious impact on my outlook for life, it was by "Viktor Frankl" "Man's search for the meaning” he talks about his life in the "Concentration camps" and even in those circumstances he could find something to be thankful for....and find a meaning for his life….we all have things to be thankful for on a daily basis…we just need to realize it….have a great thanks giving Penelope Slainte Gordon I read a book which made a serious impact on my outlook for life, it was by "Viktor Frankl" "Man's search for the meaning” he talks about his life in the "Concentration camps" and even in those circumstances he could find something to be thankful for….and find a meaning for his life….we all have things to be thankful for on a daily basis…we just need to realize it….have a great thanks giving Penelope

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]]> By: Visiopoetics » Blog Archive » Hegemony is near http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2977 Visiopoetics » Blog Archive » Hegemony is near Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:25:07 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2977 [...] This evening, many of us are thinking about a different type of movement: the migration of grown-ups to the places where they remember being kids, a.k.a., going home for the holidays. Often, we don’t get where we think we’re going in life, and when we get there, going back doesn’t feel the same. Boston Globe columnist Penelope Trunk wrote her blog post today on how being thankful rather than totally forward-oriented in how you experience your life is good for your personal and professional development. Sometimes, you start walking and it starts raining; and sometimes you start off because it’s already coming down. Either way, it’s a journey, and it can be nice to take the long way home.   [...] [...] This evening, many of us are thinking about a different type of movement: the migration of grown-ups to the places where they remember being kids, a.k.a., going home for the holidays. Often, we don’t get where we think we’re going in life, and when we get there, going back doesn’t feel the same. Boston Globe columnist Penelope Trunk wrote her blog post today on how being thankful rather than totally forward-oriented in how you experience your life is good for your personal and professional development. Sometimes, you start walking and it starts raining; and sometimes you start off because it’s already coming down. Either way, it’s a journey, and it can be nice to take the long way home.   [...]

]]> By: Recruiting Animal http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2976 Recruiting Animal Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:02:12 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2976 Penelope, I, The Recruiting Animal, agree with what you said including the simple exercise of noting a few things you like each day. I have a friend whom I believe has the makings of a decent businessman because of his drive and aggression. But his regular refrain is "Life is Tough". This makes him miserable and doesn't encourage me to think that he has what it takes to ride out the rough spots to success in the long term. Penelope, I, The Recruiting Animal, agree with what you said including the simple exercise of noting a few things you like each day.

I have a friend whom I believe has the makings of a decent businessman because of his drive and aggression. But his regular refrain is "Life is Tough". This makes him miserable and doesn't encourage me to think that he has what it takes to ride out the rough spots to success in the long term.

]]> By: Visiopoetics » Blog Archive » Hegemony is near http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2969 Visiopoetics » Blog Archive » Hegemony is near Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:56:57 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2969 [...] This evening, many of us are thinking about a different type of movement: the migration of grown-ups to the places where they remember being kids, a.k.a., going home for the holidays. Often, we don’t get where we think we’re going in life, and when we get there, going back doesn’t feel the same. Boston Globe columnist Penelope Trunk wrote her blog post today on how being thankful rather than totally forward-oriented in how you experience your life is good for your personal and professional development. Sometimes, you start walking and it starts raining; and sometimes you start off because it’s already coming down. Either way, it’s a journey, and it can be nice to take the long way home. [...] [...] This evening, many of us are thinking about a different type of movement: the migration of grown-ups to the places where they remember being kids, a.k.a., going home for the holidays. Often, we don't get where we think we're going in life, and when we get there, going back doesn't feel the same. Boston Globe columnist Penelope Trunk wrote her blog post today on how being thankful rather than totally forward-oriented in how you experience your life is good for your personal and professional development. Sometimes, you start walking and it starts raining; and sometimes you start off because it's already coming down. Either way, it's a journey, and it can be nice to take the long way home. [...]

]]> By: Katelyn Sack http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2953 Katelyn Sack Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:38:34 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/11/22/thanksgiving-is-good-for-your-career/#comment-2953 Yes! I especially enjoyed the end of the essay by Dr. Majid Ali that Penelope cited in the penultimate link in this post, which says: "Gratitude may be practiced anywhere, anytime, through any trivial object — for there is divinity in all trivia just as there is divinity in each of us." As an artist, I think this is also the way of seeing that enables me to be most productive professionally. It is the mode of seeing that makes me notice the brushstrokes in the dahlias, and know that I had better paint them! Yes! I especially enjoyed the end of the essay by Dr. Majid Ali that Penelope cited in the penultimate link in this post, which says: "Gratitude may be practiced anywhere, anytime, through any trivial object — for there is divinity in all trivia just as there is divinity in each of us."

As an artist, I think this is also the way of seeing that enables me to be most productive professionally. It is the mode of seeing that makes me notice the brushstrokes in the dahlias, and know that I had better paint them!

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