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The Holding Pattern: When Your Career Feels Stuck

Don Eash
Jul 9
1 min read

Updated: Oct 8


A holding pattern doesn’t feel like being stuck — it feels like working.


The engine runs, the fuel burns, the altitude doesn’t change. Most leaders respond by working harder on the very things keeping them level.


The move is to find the one real blocker — the specific thing, not the general excuse — and aim at it directly.




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