Welcome to this episode of the modern mentor podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Cook. And today's

episode is all about what you can do if you feel like your career has hit a wall. Let's talk about

what it might mean and how you can crack through that stall. There are moments in our professional

lives that give us those delightful shocks of bliss.

Landing the job, proposing the winning idea, getting the promotion, being publicly recognized.

The list goes on.

Those are the moments that deliver endorphins that keep us going and growing.

But what happens when you look around one day and realize it's been a hot minute

since you've been graced with such a moment? Work has been fine. You've heard no complaints,

but every day is starting to feel the same. What do you do if you realize your career may be stalled?

And how can you put yourself back on the path to something more?

Before you assume your best days are behind you and it's all downhill from here,

let's talk about what might be causing this stall.

Then we can figure out how you might break on through to the other side.

First, it may be time to move sideways, not up.

When I first entered the workforce, I remember getting advice from people ahead of me on how to climb that corporate ladder. It was up or out.

But a few years into my career, I stumbled onto the idea of a career lattice. Imagine a shape

more like a snowflake than a ladder. It represents the idea that careers could,

and in many cases should, move in all directions. At different seasons in our lives, we may

need different things. Sometimes explosive upward growth is it. But sometimes it's about

taking a left or a right and learning new and valuable things instead.

It's about expanding our knowledge before we take the next step up.

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