350: Summer Is Costing You More Career Momentum Than You Think

About this episode

This episode challenges the notion that summer is a time to slow down professionally, emphasizing the importance of maintaining career momentum during this season.

Send us Fan Mail If you have been treating summer like a season to slow down professionally, this episode may challenge everything you believe about career growth at mid-career. Too many mid-career professionals mentally check out between Memorial Day and Labor Day. They stay busy, answer emails, attend meetings, and keep projects moving. But they stop showing up with intention. While everyone else waits for September to “get serious again,” the people who earn promotions, gain visi...

People in this episode

Host: John Neral

Topics covered

• career growth
• mid-career professionals
• summer productivity
• intentional work
• promotions
• career momentum

Keywords

• career growth
• mid-career
• summer slowdown
• intentionality
• promotions
• professional development

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