Ghosted & Blocked: My Biggest Fail of 2025

About this episode

LaShaunique Plummer shares her biggest professional fail of 2025, focusing on a blocked message and the lessons learned about handling rejection and emotional discipline in career growth.

Need to land an HR role in 90 days or less w/o exact experience? Join Primed to Pivot I’m sharing my biggest fail of 2025 on this week’s podcast. It’s a story about a professional connection I thought was solid… and how quickly things went sideways. The fail? Let’s just say it involved me, a blocked message, and a hard lesson about how we handle rejection. Don't miss out how I unpack what happened, what it taught me about emotional discipline, and why navigating these moments well is the real secret to career growth.

People in this episode

Host: LaShaunique Plummer

Topics covered

• career growth
• emotional discipline
• professional connections
• rejection
• HR roles

Keywords

• HR role
• career advice
• professional networking
• rejection handling
• emotional intelligence

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