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Penelope Trunk

(1966) Writer United States

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Penelope Trunk is a writer from the United States, best known for The Brazen Careerist.

Quick Facts About Penelope Trunk

Born: December 10, 1966
Nationality: United States
Profession: Writer
Notable works: The Brazen Careerist

About Penelope Trunk

Penelope Trunk is an American writer and entrepreneur. Trunk published literary works including electronic literature in the 1990s and early 2000s under the pen name Adrienne Eisen and later under the name Penelope Trunk, a name she adopted in her public life.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Penelope Trunk

Spring is a time to find out where you are, who you are, and move toward where you are going.

Moving

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The new American Dream is about having an interesting life, not making a lot of money.

American dream

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I think self-confidence doesn’t come so much from knowing you’re great as just knowing who you are.

Confidence

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There's a lot to be said for quitters. Those people who are extremely good at one thing got that way by quitting…

Focus

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The biggest secret of focused people is that they don't think about focus.

Focus

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A highly successful person is very focused on what they want to be doing. The weekend and the week look very similar:…

Creating

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Powerful people do not have good listening skills. They hate to listen. They succeed by getting good at faking it ... If…

Communication

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If you are not annoying someone, you are not doing anything new

Annoying

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Blogging is good for your career. A well-executed blog sets you apart as an expert in your field.

Bloggers

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Remember that people will brag about what they've achieved, but they don't brag about the price they paid to get it.

Brag

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Getting or giving anything is about social skills. The world is about being comfortable where you are and making people comfortable, and…

Comfortable

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