#467 Pressure to Progress? Why Staying Where You Are Is Good For Career Growth

Hi, I'm Sarah. And I'm Helen. And this is a Squiggly Careers podcast. Every week we talk about a different topic to do with work and share some ideas and actions so that we can all navigate our squiggly careers with that bit more confidence, clarity and control. And one of our values in our company is to be useful. And so in order to be as useful as possible to you, we've also got lots of extra resources to help you in your Squiggly Career. So as well as the episode, there is a one page summary, the Squiggly Careers pod sheet that you can download. And we also have Squiggly Careers in Action, which is a weekly newsletter that has all the links you need related to this podcast, but also lots of other things. Things like Sarah's Borrowed Brilliance, Helen's How To's, and also some Squiggly Careers behind the scenes stuff, which is probably just for the people that really like Squiggly Careers, but um it's like an insight into our world. So today we're talking about why staying where you are can be really good for your growth. And I think this is probably a topic that is relevant for all of us.

for most of our squiggly careers because most of the time we're not moving roles and we don't want to do something different. We are staying in the jobs that we're in. But what that doesn't mean is being kind of passive or just waiting for the next moment. To do something different.

It means kind of creating, not waiting. And actually being really intentional. 'Cause when you actually ask people sort of what motivates people in their jobs and why people leave It's not necessarily always oh I've not been promoted. it's oh I don't feel like I'm learning and growing anymore. So I always feel like that's

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