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search About Me Penelope Trunk is a columnist at the Boston Globe. She has launched three startups and endured an IPO, a merger and a bankruptcy. more > Email me > Blog RSS Feed or enter your email address: Recent Posts Three bad career questions people ask me all the time Figure out how much you should be paid (and three cheers for transparent salaries) Gen X are the revolutionaries (and the NYT coverage of shared care stinks) Stop blaming your Blackberry for your lack of self-discipline How I started taming my workaholic tendencies How to sell anything to anyone How to identify someone who is giving you bad advice Seven reasons why graduate school is outdated Welcome London Guardian Readers! The hardest part of my job is that everyone lies about parenting Recent Comments Dustin: I am surprised you have lived in Wisconsin this long and are just now mentioning the culture shock between... Marvin: Penelope, So try this: If you’re writing your blog and you’re on the fifth paragraph, try to... Marve: PS: To summarise the article: “Blah blah blah LINKBAIT Blah blah PAID SPONSOR LINK CLICK HERE!!! Blah... Import from China: I came across this blog the other day and you got some great info here - thanks. Marve: How is this career advice? Reads more like business owners advice. And bad advice at that. TERRIBLE advice. If... Popular Posts 10 tips for time management in a multitasking world 5 steps to taming materialism, from an accidental expert Blogging essential for a good career How much money do you need to be happy? Hint: Your sex life matters more. I’m moving out of New York City Make life more stable with more frequent job changes My financial history, and stop whining about your job My name is not really Penelope Navigating the quarterlife crisis What generation are you part of, really? Take this test What to do in college to be successful in your career Categories Blogging (70) Career fulfillment (17) College students (32) Diversity (41) Entrepreneurship (47) Finding a career (83) Fulfillment (86) Goal setting (73) Interviewing (28) Job hunt (91) Journalism (16) Knowing yourself (130) Leadership (35) Learn to take advice (36) Management (55) Managing up (48) Mentoring (16) Money (42) My book (17) Negotiating (18) Networking (40) Office politics (111) Parenting (61) Productivity (20) Promoting yourself (79) Quitting (6) Recruiters (14) Resumes (19) Self-management (121) Starting a new job (14) Time management (62) Women (55) Working abroad (3) Working from home (12) World Trade Center (9) Blog Statistics Blogs that link here Number of Subscribers: 23,123 Guest Bloggers Ryan Healy Ben Casnocha Bruce Tulgan Will Schwalbe AJ Jacobs Stephen Seckler Jason Warner Archives July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 May 2002 February 2002 January 2002 November 2001 October 2001 September 2001 July 2001 June 2001 May 2001