Comments on: Five signs that your career is about to get vapid http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Three counter-intuitive tips for managing your image http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-172636 Three counter-intuitive tips for managing your image Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:52:09 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-172636 [...] to be a star performer and feeling good about what you have done already. Complacency is for losers, but so is [...] [...] to be a star performer and feeling good about what you have done already. Complacency is for losers, but so is [...]

]]> By: Juki Schor http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-169747 Juki Schor Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:14:39 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-169747 "You can tell if you are avoiding personal growth in your career because you are not feeling challenged. You can tell if you are not feeling challenged if you are not scared. Being scared is what makes life interesting. You should be scared that you are going to fail at something because if you are not then you are not trying hard to do something difficult." I know this post is composted already, anyway. May be that is the reason why the world needs a war every now and then, so people can be really scared and grow personally? I don't think that fear as a motivator for personal growth is reasonable. But it seems to be an essential part of some American's personal wiring and certainly explains why things get scarier all the time as we grow with the challenges, I guess. "The process of becoming a specialist is finding out what makes you special. How could you not want to know that?" May be because I know that it is enough to be me and that I don't have to be special in order to be happy? "You can tell if you are avoiding personal growth in your career because you are not feeling challenged. You can tell if you are not feeling challenged if you are not scared. Being scared is what makes life interesting. You should be scared that you are going to fail at something because if you are not then you are not trying hard to do something difficult."
I know this post is composted already, anyway. May be that is the reason why the world needs a war every now and then, so people can be really scared and grow personally? I don't think that fear as a motivator for personal growth is reasonable. But it seems to be an essential part of some American's personal wiring and certainly explains why things get scarier all the time as we grow with the challenges, I guess.
"The process of becoming a specialist is finding out what makes you special. How could you not want to know that?"
May be because I know that it is enough to be me and that I don't have to be special in order to be happy?

]]> By: Why A Degree In Test-Taking Won’t Help Your Career « Management Leverage Blog http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-167021 Why A Degree In Test-Taking Won’t Help Your Career « Management Leverage Blog Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:39:35 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-167021 [...] even if you are not getting an MBA, go out and get a leading book in another field. Don’t just read about what you already know. Branch out. What aspects can you embrace? For example, how does Good to Great apply to [...] [...] even if you are not getting an MBA, go out and get a leading book in another field. Don't just read about what you already know. Branch out. What aspects can you embrace? For example, how does Good to Great apply to [...]

]]> By: Five Things to Think About « The Dice News Blog http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-166306 Five Things to Think About « The Dice News Blog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:25:54 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-166306 [...] of your own experience in what she’s talking about. That’s what happened when I read this post, “Five signs that your career is about to get vapid,” on her [...] [...] of your own experience in what she's talking about. That's what happened when I read this post, "Five signs that your career is about to get vapid," on her [...]

]]> By: bob http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-164198 bob Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:50:40 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-164198 I'm amazed that people listen to this. I agree completely with the commenter who says "PT is a specialist at self-promotion". I'm amazed that people listen to this. I agree completely with the commenter who says "PT is a specialist at self-promotion".

]]> By: Shawn http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-161644 Shawn Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:14:14 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-161644 I'm glad to see the honeymoon period now only lasts nine months. I always thought any relationship worth saving should go at least a year before the bliss starts to fade a little. When my friends are bickering with their love interests three weeks into it, I know they're going to need a shoulder to cry on. I'm glad to see the honeymoon period now only lasts nine months. I always thought any relationship worth saving should go at least a year before the bliss starts to fade a little. When my friends are bickering with their love interests three weeks into it, I know they're going to need a shoulder to cry on.

]]> By: Should I stay or should I go? « Journey to Ithaki http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-161609 Should I stay or should I go? « Journey to Ithaki Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:15:30 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-161609 [...] makes me think she has set up camera in my office and is recording what is going on. Case it point, this post. Titled “Five signs that your career is about to get vapid”, it starts off: You can [...] [...] makes me think she has set up camera in my office and is recording what is going on. Case it point, this post. Titled "Five signs that your career is about to get vapid", it starts off: You can [...]

]]> By: Christine http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-160990 Christine Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:19:28 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-160990 I just got a promotion; I believe in specializing in my field (which is how I got the promotion) - and I never take my skill level for granted which keeps me from getting too comfortable. Great post as always. I just got a promotion; I believe in specializing in my field (which is how I got the promotion) - and I never take my skill level for granted which keeps me from getting too comfortable. Great post as always.

]]> By: Aaron http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-160621 Aaron Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:53:05 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-160621 Shefaly you are of course correct...I hit send before going back to correct :) Shefaly you are of course correct…I hit send before going back to correct :)

]]> By: Maurice http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-160482 Maurice Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:09:06 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2008/07/30/five-signs-that-your-career-is-about-to-get-vapid/#comment-160482 hhm the register had pos completely countering point #1 "In other words, IT skills are still very much in demand – so long as they are in reality "IT-plus". The days of the specialist application developer are not over. But the spotlight has moved on. Employers now want IT generalists: individuals with a good grounding in different aspects of IT – and with the ability to think outside the box as well." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/31/it_jobs_good_or_bad/ hhm the register had pos completely countering point #1

"In other words, IT skills are still very much in demand – so long as they are in reality "IT-plus". The days of the specialist application developer are not over. But the spotlight has moved on. Employers now want IT generalists: individuals with a good grounding in different aspects of IT – and with the ability to think outside the box as well."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/31/it_jobs_good_or_bad/

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