{"id":4995,"date":"2026-06-24T06:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spikestory.com\/?p=4995"},"modified":"2026-06-24T06:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:39:03","slug":"hidden-career-growth-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spikestory.com\/en\/hidden-career-growth-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Hidden Career Mistakes That Quietly Keep You Stuck"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.375rem] font-bold\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">You&#8217;r<\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" data-newtext-seq=\"5\">e doing <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" data-newtext-seq=\"13\">everything right \u2014 <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" data-newtext-seq=\"32\">showing up on time, putting <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" data-newtext-seq=\"60\">in the hours, maybe <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" data-newtext-seq=\"80\">even staying late. Yet somehow, your <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" data-newtext-seq=\"117\">career feels like it&#8217;s <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" style=\"color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" data-newtext-seq=\"140\">standing still.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">No <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"3\">promotion. No new opportunities. And <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"40\">the people around you <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"62\">seem to keep moving <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"82\">forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">This feeling is more common <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"28\">than you&#8217;d think. But most people look <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"67\">for the reason in the wrong places. <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"103\">They blame a tough market, a <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"132\">biased boss, or simply &#8220;bad <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"160\">luck.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">The real problem, <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"18\">more often than not, is <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"42\">hiding somewhere else <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"64\">entirely \u2014 in patterns so <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"90\">quiet and gradual that you <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"117\">don&#8217;t even notice them. But <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"145\">they&#8217;re pulling you back, a <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"173\">little more every single <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"198\">day.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><strong>1. <span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"6\">You&#8217;re <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"13\">Working Hard, But You&#8217;re <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"38\">Invisible<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Harvard Business Review <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"24\">research has found that <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"48\">many professionals receive <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"75\">far less recognition than <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"101\">their work deserves \u2014 <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"123\">simply because they never talk <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"154\">about what they&#8217;re doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Putt<\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"4\">ing your head down and delivering <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"38\">quietly is admirable. But in most <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"72\">workplaces, doing great work isn&#8217;t <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"107\">enough on its own. The right people <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"143\">need to know the work is <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"168\">happening.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Do you speak up in <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"19\">meetings? Do you share your ideas? Or <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"57\">do you work in silence and <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"84\">hope that someone will eventually <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"118\">notice?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Here&#8217;s the <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"11\">uncomfortable truth: nobody is going to <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"51\">market you inside your organization. <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"88\">That&#8217;s your job.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><strong>2. <span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"6\">You&#8217;re Mistaking Your Comfort <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"36\">Zone for Stability<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">A 2023 LinkedIn <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"16\">survey found that among <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"40\">professionals who felt stuck in their <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"78\">careers, 68% had not learned any new <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"115\">skills in the past two years.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Stability <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"10\">and stagnation can look identical from <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"49\">the outside. But they feel <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"76\">completely different from within.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">When<\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"4\"> you&#8217;re doing the same tasks, the same <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"43\">way, with the same people every single <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"82\">day, everything feels <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"105\">fine. But the world outside is shifting <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"145\">constantly. AI is evolving, new tools <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"183\">are emerging, and entire industries are <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"219\">being reshaped.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">If you&#8217;re not <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"14\">changing, you&#8217;re falling behind \u2014 <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"48\">even when you feel like you&#8217;re standing <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"88\">still.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><strong>3. <span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"6\">Your Network Is <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"22\">Trapped Inside a Bubble<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Researchers <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"12\">call it the &#8220;echo chamber <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"38\">effect&#8221; \u2014 when you only surround <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"71\">yourself with people who think <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"102\">like you, work like you, and see the <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"139\">world the way you do.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">It&#8217;s <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"5\">comfortable. It&#8217;s also quietly <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"36\">dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Stanford sociologist Mark <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"26\">Granovetter&#8217;s landmark research <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"58\">showed that most significant career <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"94\">opportunities come from &#8220;weak ties&#8221; <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"130\">\u2014 the acquaintances you don&#8217;t speak to <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"169\">regularly. The distant connection, the <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"208\">old colleague you catch up with once a <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"247\">year.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Jobs, projects, <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"16\">partnerships \u2014 most of them arrive <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"51\">through someone you don&#8217;t know <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"82\">particularly well.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">If your entire <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"15\">network lives inside your current <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"49\">office, that might be one of the <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"82\">biggest things holding you back.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><strong>4. <span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"6\">You&#8217;re Not Doing Anything <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"32\">With the Feedback You Receive<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">This one <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"9\">is hard to hear, but it <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"33\">matters.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">A lot of people listen to <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"26\">feedback, nod along, say &#8220;thanks for <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"63\">sharing that&#8221; \u2014 and then go right back <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"102\">to doing exactly what <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"124\">they were doing before. Others avoid <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"161\">seeking feedback altogether because <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"198\">criticism is uncomfortable.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">But <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"4\">psychologists have found that <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"34\">professionals who actively seek out <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"70\">feedback and apply it tend to <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"100\">advance roughly three times faster in <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"138\">their careers than those <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"163\">who don&#8217;t.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Ask yourself honestly: <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"23\">do your manager or colleagues give you <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"62\">real, candid feedback? And when they do <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"102\">\u2014 what do you actually do with it? File <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"142\">it away and forget it, or sit with it <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"180\">and act on it?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><strong>5. <span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"6\">You&#8217;re Chasing Short-Term Tasks <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"38\">Without a Long-Term Vision<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Showing <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"8\">up and completing tasks every day is <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"45\">not the same thing as <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"67\">moving toward something meaningful.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">A<\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"1\"> McKinsey report found that <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"29\">professionals who maintain a clear <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"64\">five-year career plan report <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"93\">significantly higher satisfaction \u2014 <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"129\">and progress faster \u2014 than those who <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"166\">don&#8217;t.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Do you know where you want to <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"30\">be five years from now? Do you know <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"66\">how the work you&#8217;re doing this week <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"102\">connects to that destination?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">If the answer is no, you might be <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"34\">running fast \u2014 but without a <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"63\">direction to run in.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\"><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\">Getting stuck in your <\/span><span class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"22\">career doesn&#8217;t happen overnight. 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