Stability and what it means for your career - Interview with Penelope Trunk of Brazen Careerist [ 19:38 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I had the privilege of speaking with Penelope Trunk while she was on her farm doing dishes.  In this relaxed interview, we talked about her new business Brazen Careerist along with several other work life topics.  It was a really fun conversation and only about 20 minutes.  So, kick your heals up on your lunch break and enjoy this fun Love Your Work Life interview with the (always surprising) Penelope Trunk.

Highlights and Insights from the Call

• “Part of being an adult is admitting that there’s time in life to do very few things and once you pick them and admit that you can’t do the other things - life gets better.“
• “I’m not actually a crazy person.  I try really hard to have stability…”
• “The more money I’ve made the more unstable my life has become.”
• “Why don’t people just admit what they want to create is stability?”
• “The less exposed to wanting to buy things the more stable I am because I don’t need to earn as much money.”
• “I don’t think you need an entry level job that makes more than $40,000.”
• “I just think there are tons of great jobs.”
• “People underestimate how hard it is to find really interesting people in one place and that’s what I like best about Brazen Careerist.”
• “When you’re a writer, if you want to have any success at all you have to look at what editors are paying you for and write more of that.”
• We also talked about Shopping Habits and Instability
• Mis-Adventures at SXSW
• Lifestyle Stability -vs- Intellectual Instability
• How Penelope got into the career field

Penelope is a firecracker and I really enjoyed this interview so much.  How did this chat with Penelope Trunk help you?

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