Comments on: How to be more interesting to other people http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:32:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: VisionaryPost » 4 Biggest Lies About Social Media http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-259335 VisionaryPost » 4 Biggest Lies About Social Media Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:16:32 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/#comment-259335 [...] are built on relationships, which grow from conversation. LinkedIn is not for conversations. So you need to go somewhere else [...] [...] are built on relationships, which grow from conversation. LinkedIn is not for conversations. So you need to go somewhere else [...]

]]> By: How to Write About Grant Writing and How to Learn About Grant Writing Via Blogging http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-233211 How to Write About Grant Writing and How to Learn About Grant Writing Via Blogging Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:34:03 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/#comment-233211 [...] How to be more interesting to other people, Penelope Trunk says: That’s the part we should talk about when we talk about ourselves. If [...] [...] How to be more interesting to other people, Penelope Trunk says: That's the part we should talk about when we talk about ourselves. If [...]

]]> By: Party With Old People Over The Holidays, It Might Land You A Job « { Brian J. Jensen } http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-216260 Party With Old People Over The Holidays, It Might Land You A Job « { Brian J. Jensen } Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:58:45 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/#comment-216260 [...] doubt ask what you’ve been up to so mentally prepare a short update including keywords that will strike their interest and lead to further conversation. Lastly, don’t forget to look good, lay off the booze and laugh [...] [...] doubt ask what you’ve been up to so mentally prepare a short update including keywords that will strike their interest and lead to further conversation. Lastly, don’t forget to look good, lay off the booze and laugh [...]

]]> By: seth t http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-213122 seth t Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:31:17 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/#comment-213122 “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.” Specialization is for Insects. -Robert Heinlein “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.”

Specialization is for Insects.

-Robert Heinlein

]]> By: Randy Zeitman http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-181759 Randy Zeitman Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:26:01 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/#comment-181759 "But I did learn some lessons from my visual art mentors, and one really cool thing someone taught me is that the color I choose is most interesting where it intersects with another color." (And the most interesting thing to me about those paintings is how they interact with the white background they're placed on. There's no way to just use one color... it's always applied on another color...even if you paint on glass. Can anyone create visual art without a border or background? Every image of infinity has a finite boundary, right? "But I did learn some lessons from my visual art mentors, and one really cool thing someone taught me is that the color I choose is most interesting where it intersects with another color."

(And the most interesting thing to me about those paintings is how they interact with the white background they're placed on. There's no way to just use one color… it's always applied on another color…even if you paint on glass. Can anyone create visual art without a border or background? Every image of infinity has a finite boundary, right?

]]> By: Maan’s Blog » Blog Archive » Awesome line of the day http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-164553 Maan’s Blog » Blog Archive » Awesome line of the day Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:08:53 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/#comment-164553 [...] was reading Penelope Trunk’s blog when this line in “How to be more interesting to other people” just struck my So look, interesting does not come from greatness. Interesting comes from [...] [...] was reading Penelope Trunk's blog when this line in "How to be more interesting to other people" just struck my So look, interesting does not come from greatness. Interesting comes from [...]

]]> By: 10 Steps to Becoming a More Interesting Blogger : Brazen Careerist http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-147051 10 Steps to Becoming a More Interesting Blogger : Brazen Careerist Thu, 08 May 2008 11:33:31 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/#comment-147051 [...] face it, happy people are boring. None of us are happy all the time, so none of us have to be boring; we just choose to be because [...] [...] face it, happy people are boring. None of us are happy all the time, so none of us have to be boring; we just choose to be because [...]

]]> By: 10 Steps to Becoming a More Interesting Blogger | Twenty Set http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-147043 10 Steps to Becoming a More Interesting Blogger | Twenty Set Thu, 08 May 2008 07:27:50 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/#comment-147043 [...] face it, happy people are boring. None of us are happy all the time, so none of us have to be boring; we just choose to be because [...] [...] face it, happy people are boring. None of us are happy all the time, so none of us have to be boring; we just choose to be because [...]

]]> By: Adrena Clark http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-136605 Adrena Clark Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:35:01 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/#comment-136605 I love listening to your advice and giving advice to but please right now i need major advice and quick. You see i'm in university and i'm writing a essay about what ever i want and it needs to be intresting. All my frinds are almost finished when i still have no idea. Can you help? I love listening to your advice and giving advice to but please right now i need major advice and quick. You see i'm in university and i'm writing a essay about what ever i want and it needs to be intresting. All my frinds are almost finished when i still have no idea. Can you help?

]]> By: Emi http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/comment-page-1/#comment-135843 Emi Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:44:45 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/02/10/how-to-be-more-interesting-to-other-people/#comment-135843 I wish I was more interesting. I don't have real life friends so I need lots of internet friends. But first I have to look cool on the web. I wish I was more interesting. I don't have real life friends so I need lots of internet friends. But first I have to look cool on the web.

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