Someone once asked me to think of a moment in my childhood that was really nice. I thought of one.
Wait. You think of one, now. Quick. Just any one…
So I thought of a time: it was in my grandparents’ huge yard with fruit trees and flower gardens and grass for running. And it was so [...]
Browsing category "Knowing yourself"First, be honest about what you want
Posted to: Goal setting | Knowing yourself
November 2nd, 2009
Asperger's at work: Why I'm difficult in meetings
Posted to: Diversity | Knowing yourself
October 29th, 2009
Eighty percent of adults with Asperger Syndrome do not have full-time work. This not because they can’t do the work. It’s that they can’t manage to be socially acceptable while they get the work done. ‘ 4 Types of questions get us in trouble
October 12th, 2009
How far you get, in almost anything, is limited mainly by your ability to ask good questions. Asperger syndrome in the office: How I deal with sensory integration dysfunction
September 30th, 2009
A lot of people ask me how I manage to keep a job when I have Asperger syndrome. So I'm doing a series this week on the topic, because it’s true that most people with Asperger’s are not doing well at work. The work place rewards social skills, and people with Asperger’s have a social [...] The sign of a great career is having great opportunities, and saying no
Posted to: Fulfillment | Knowing yourself
July 29th, 2009
This is about the farmer. The guy I met last year, and I drove through tornados, twice, to see. He dumped me. But I kept his toothbrush in my bathroom for five months while other men paraded through. And the way you can gauge if you love someone is if you keep the toothbrush even after the toothpaste [...] How to decide how much to reveal about yourself
Posted to: How to blog | Knowing yourself
July 21st, 2009
People ask me all the time how I can be so honest about my life in my blog. They want to know how I can write about marriage, sex, abortions, or running out of money over and over again. It’s an endless list really, of the stuff I write about that people can't believe I’m [...] Five steps to make yourself great
May 7th, 2009
The best way to get control of your career and stability in your life is to be great at what you do. Superstars are not out of work right now. Really. Even in finance. If you have an amazing track record in your field of work, you’ll have a job. And if you need to [...] The new post-college prestige job is retail
April 15th, 2009
It used to be that the best post-college jobs were the ones that gave you a sense of security (law, medicine) or financial windfall (banking). But the finance industry and grad-school route are both dead ends at this point. Twentysomething: Why it's smart to quit a job after just two weeks of work
March 11th, 2009
This is a guest post from Jamie Varon. She's 23 years old. Her blog is called intersected. How to decide if you need a therapist
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Learn to take advice
January 28th, 2009
I receive about fifty career questions each week. The questions have a predictable diversity, but not my answers. My answers are almost always the same advice: Know yourself better. The art of knowing when to hide and when to reach out
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Office Politics
January 21st, 2009
Ryan calls me from the office. I say, “Don't talk to me now. I'm sulking.” How to figure out what you should be doing with your life
January 15th, 2009
There is no other way to figure out where you belong than to make time to do it and give yourself space to fail, give yourself time to be lost. If you think you have to get it right the first time, you won't have the space really to investigate, and you'll convince yourself that [...] How to write an email that generates a useful response
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Networking
December 22nd, 2008
Most people who are on top of their game respond to most emails within 48 hours. However some emails are so terribly written that it’s actually impossible to send an answer. Other emails are so terribly written that the amount of time it would take to figure out what to answer is simply not worth [...] Make better decisions for yourself by watching decisions celebrities make
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Learn to take advice
December 10th, 2008
This week's poll is about celebrities because I love peeking into their lives in order to see the world in new ways. I love learning so much that I think that’s even why I spent so much time with the farmer even though it was bad for a long time before I stopped dating him. [...] Good blogging is simple: Write good posts (and be thankful)
November 19th, 2008
In the middle of 2007, I was interviewed by Stephane Grenier for his book, Blog Blazers. The book came out this week, and it's a nice resource for understanding the approach top bloggers take to their trade. (Examples of interviews include Seth Godin, Steve Rubel, and JD Roth.) How to go to a meeting when you want to sit home and cry
Posted to: Knowing yourself
November 3rd, 2008
Here's what last week was like: On Sunday I flew to Detroit and gave a speech at the Public Relations Society of America. Then I flew back to Madison on Tuesday and met with an investor who only wanted to talk about my blog even though I want him to put more money into my [...] The five books that wasted the most time for me
Posted to: Knowing yourself
October 21st, 2008
There are so many lists of books to read before you die, or before you turn 30, or before your job sucks the life out of you. But you probably wouldn't need to depend on a list from someone else if you could just figure out how to pick your own. Generalizing about generations is good for you
Posted to: Knowing yourself
September 18th, 2008
One of the most popular posts here is What Generation are You? Take the Test. I'm sure one reason it's popular is that people like tests. We all want self-knowledge, but we want it handed to us on a silver platter, not thrown at us in clumps of dirt by our families, or served up [...] 9/11 didn't change me overnight, even though I wish it had
Posted to: Knowing yourself | World Trade Center
September 11th, 2008
The slowest moment in my whole life was the time between when the World Trade Center fell next to me, and when someone broke a window and I climbed in to get air. In my memory this time span is about fifteen minutes. But from the historical record, I know it was about one minute. Vulnerability is the key to likability at work (and on the farm)
Posted to: Knowing yourself | Office Politics
August 26th, 2008
This is the last thing I should be writing on my blog. Because it's now clear that the blog is a great dating tool. Propositions all the time. So I should not tell you this, but here it is: It turns out that I'm a lousy girlfriend. |
RT @Rebs_of_London @penelopetrunk I logged on to twitter for the first time ever to tell you to get off twitter and go live a normal life. 23 hrs ago
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