Penelope Trunk Quotes

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

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  Spring, Moving, Where You Are

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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.

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  People, Remember, Brag

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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: They are focused on creating the life they want.

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  Successful, Weekend, Creating

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

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  Annoying, Ifs

  Twitter post from Feb 10, 2016

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

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  Dream, Interesting, Lots Of Money

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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 that's what social skills are

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  Skills, People, Giving

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

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  Funny, Thoughtful, Careers

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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 you're an extrovert, you think while you're talking. And it's impossible to listen to someone if you are thinking of the next thing you want to say.

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  Powerful, Hate, Thinking

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

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  Thinking, People, Focus

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

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  Self Confidence, Thinking, Knowing Who You Are

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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 almost everything else.

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  People, Focus, Way

  Twitter post from Dec 12, 2012

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