Career Capital: What Introverts Do Wrong (And Right)
The most valuable lesson from my 20 years in advertising wasn’t about winning pitches or managing Fortune 500 accounts. It…
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Career Breaks: Why Introverts Come Back Stronger
Three months into my first sabbatical, I sat in a quiet coffee shop in Prague, watching the morning light filter…
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How Each Type Handles Being Passed Over for Promotion
The email notification appeared on my screen at 4:47 PM on a Thursday. “Congratulations to Michael on his promotion to…
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Career Growth: Why Lateral Moves Actually Win
For most of my career in advertising and marketing, I operated under a single assumption about professional success. The only…
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Asking for Help: Why You’re Not Really Imposing
The email sat in my drafts folder for three days. All I needed to do was ask my colleague for…
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Career Risk: Why Playing Safe Actually Backfires
The moment I realized I had been sabotaging my own career came during a pitch meeting in my advertising agency….
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Imposter Syndrome in Tech: Why It Never Really Ends
Three years into running digital campaigns for the world’s largest brands, I sat in a conference room surrounded by developers…
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Getting Promoted Without Playing Politics: 5-Year Test
I spent years convinced that my work would speak for itself. Somewhere between leading teams at advertising agencies and watching…
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Introvert Career Optimization: Perfect Job Matching
Two decades into my marketing and advertising career, I realized something crucial: career optimization for introverts isn’t about avoiding people-intensive…
