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What Startup Life is Really Like
Brazen Careerist is my third startup. People ask me all the time why I gave up my position as CEO. If you knew what startup life was really like, you would ask me why I was CEO for as long …
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Seminar: How to make your 20s count
This seminar will show you how to make the most of your 20s so that you can set yourself up for an engaged, fulfilling life. We’ll have four days of live video sessions with chat from June 10-13 at 9pm-10pm est …
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Penelope Trunk
Penelope Trunk founded three startups. Her career advice runs in more than 200 newspapers. She lives in Wisconsin and homeschools her sons ...
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Voices of the defenders of grad school. And me crushing them.
It’s pretty well established that non-science degrees are not necessary for a job. In fact, the degrees cost you too much money, require too long of a commitment, and do not teach you the real-life skills they promise. Yet, I …
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HOMESCHOOLING
In our house school is punishment
My son outgrew his violin. It's always a bittersweet time when we move up a size in violins. I saved his first violin. The whole thing is the size of an adult hand. At the
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What Gen Yers don't know about themselves
Now that I'm not the CEO of Brazen Careerist, I don't have to be the national cheerleader for Generation Y. I fantasized about this moment for years: the moment when I'd write the post titled, 10 Things I Hate about …
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How to pick a career you’ll like
Most career problems stem from the fact that we are terrible at picking jobs. We think we are picking a good job and then it turns out to be a bad job. It’s almost impossible to pick a good job …
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Living up to your potential
I confess that I don't feel like I'm working to my potential. And it makes me feel sick. I know the signs. It starts with me not being able to cope with my to-do list. It all looks too overwhelming. …
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Blueprint for a woman's life
When I drive, I have arguments with people in my head. I think of someone who does not realize how smart I am about what I am smart about, and I go on tirades to show them how misguided they …
