Comments on: How I got my current favorite mentor http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:14:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Educations | Chris Gammell's Analog Life http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-150632 Educations | Chris Gammell's Analog Life Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:37:07 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-150632 [...] the rigorous on the job learning and tribulations I’ve been experiencing so far. However, the sign of a good career path is one where you are surrounded by people who both push you and are g... I am lucky to be in such a situation and as such, am thinking about getting my Professional [...] [...] the rigorous on the job learning and tribulations I've been experiencing so far. However, the sign of a good career path is one where you are surrounded by people who both push you and are g… I am lucky to be in such a situation and as such, am thinking about getting my Professional [...]

]]> By: Dale http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-148101 Dale Wed, 28 May 2008 14:39:20 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-148101 Not all of us can or will obtain a mentor. In that event, we should all seek to be: a. As self aware as possible through being honest about our skills, motivations, successes and failures. b. Educate ourselves about our chosen career paths constantly. c. Educate ourselves about career thought and theory and seek to see our place/path/direction in this turbulent area. d. Plan a career path for ourselves. Remember, a bad/incomplete plan that has commited adherents is better than no plan at all. e. Ask the opinion of at least 2 knowlegdgable, forthright individuals who have no material interest in your success or failure. These steps may help you if you have no mentor. Not all of us can or will obtain a mentor. In that event, we should all seek to be:

a. As self aware as possible through being honest about our skills, motivations, successes and failures.

b. Educate ourselves about our chosen career paths constantly.

c. Educate ourselves about career thought and theory and seek to see our place/path/direction in this turbulent area.

d. Plan a career path for ourselves. Remember, a bad/incomplete plan that has commited adherents is better than no plan at all.

e. Ask the opinion of at least 2 knowlegdgable, forthright individuals who have no material interest in your success or failure.

These steps may help you if you have no mentor.

]]> By: Links for the day 26th May 2008 « Chronicles of an Overclocked Fragger http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147956 Links for the day 26th May 2008 « Chronicles of an Overclocked Fragger Mon, 26 May 2008 17:35:18 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147956 [...] 2. How I got my current favorite mentor [...] [...] 2. How I got my current favorite mentor [...]

]]> By: BrownStudies : Links 25-May-2008 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147918 BrownStudies : Links 25-May-2008 Mon, 26 May 2008 02:17:32 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147918 [...] Trunk has an excellent post on how she got her current favorite mentor, to complement her other posts on the topic. As a [...] [...] Trunk has an excellent post on how she got her current favorite mentor, to complement her other posts on the topic. As a [...]

]]> By: Arizona Keough » Blog Archive » Mentoring Does Work http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147810 Arizona Keough » Blog Archive » Mentoring Does Work Fri, 23 May 2008 18:27:22 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147810 [...] http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/ [...] [...] http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/ [...]

]]> By: Life After College » Blog Archive » Couldn’t Have Said it Better Myself! http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147736 Life After College » Blog Archive » Couldn’t Have Said it Better Myself! Thu, 22 May 2008 20:54:57 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147736 [...] How I got My Current Favorite Mentor (Penelope Trunk) [...] [...] How I got My Current Favorite Mentor (Penelope Trunk) [...]

]]> By: How I got my current favorite mentor » Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk | LifeDev Links http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147554 How I got my current favorite mentor » Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk | LifeDev Links Tue, 20 May 2008 05:22:56 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147554 [...] How I got my current favorite mentor » Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk Related Posts [...] [...] How I got my current favorite mentor » Brazen Careerist by Penelope Trunk Related Posts [...]

]]> By: Chris Bauman http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147553 Chris Bauman Tue, 20 May 2008 04:48:38 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147553 oops...that comment should have been directed to 'Glad' oops…that comment should have been directed to 'Glad'

]]> By: Chris Bauman http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147552 Chris Bauman Tue, 20 May 2008 04:47:19 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147552 Excellent post Penelope. Micsmith, does a mentor necessarity have to be someone you can have coffee with....what about someone that writes a regular blog post, I think you could call this blog post a mentor?....does it give you ideas, does it move you to action, does it answer a question when you leave a comment? If the answer is yes then I suggest that you have already found your first mentor. Penelope, without knowing it, your thoughts and comments may well provide a quarzi mentor relationship to many people...expecially in this digital age. I also agree with a few of the comments that suggested getting several mentors. Excellent post Penelope.

Micsmith, does a mentor necessarity have to be someone you can have coffee with….what about someone that writes a regular blog post, I think you could call this blog post a mentor?….does it give you ideas, does it move you to action, does it answer a question when you leave a comment? If the answer is yes then I suggest that you have already found your first mentor.

Penelope, without knowing it, your thoughts and comments may well provide a quarzi mentor relationship to many people…expecially in this digital age.

I also agree with a few of the comments that suggested getting several mentors.

]]> By: Undocumented Features » Blog Archive » Where Others Have Gone Before http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147538 Undocumented Features » Blog Archive » Where Others Have Gone Before Mon, 19 May 2008 23:12:44 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/05/17/how-i-got-my-current-favorite-mentor/#comment-147538 [...] Trunk over at the Brazen Careerist blog has a good article related to this entitled “How I got my current favorite mentor“.  All of her points are good ones; my favorite (which I must admit was originally pointed [...] [...] Trunk over at the Brazen Careerist blog has a good article related to this entitled "How I got my current favorite mentor".  All of her points are good ones; my favorite (which I must admit was originally pointed [...]

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