The brutal truth: Others control your career progress!
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The brutal truth: Others control your career progress!
Take back control with this framework:
Shocking truth: Right now, somewhere...
Your name is being mentioned in a meeting.
But who's fighting in your corner?
The painful reality:
❌ Some spread doubt behind closed doors
❌ Others demolish reputations in silence
✔ While few... fight fiercely for your success
✔ While few... powerful mentors invest in your future
The difference?
❌ It's not your talent.
✔ It's who speaks up for you when you aren't there.
Here's how to build an army of career defenders:
1. Become worth fighting for 🛡️
↳ Deliver work that makes others look brilliant
↳ Be the colleague everyone wants on their team
2. Turn leaders into loyal advocates 🚀
↳ Make your wins visible (but credit your supporters)
↳ Solve problems that keep your bosses awake
3. Build your high-level support network 🔗
↳ Connect with seniors two levels above you
↳ Give them reasons to remember your name
4. Create trust that echoes 💬
↳ Champion others first (especially in their absence)
↳ Build a reputation that speaks before you enter a room
The brutal truth:
- In every senior meeting...
- In every promotion discussion...
- In every project assignment...
Someone is either:
✔ Championing your potential
❌ Or letting silence kill your chances
Your reputation travels without you.
Make sure it has powerful allies carrying it.
What's the most powerful way someone has advocated for you when you weren't in the room?
Let me know in the comments ⬇️
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Follow Brutal Truths for unfiltered wisdom that drives real growth.
Credit to Eva Gysling, OLY. Follow her for more.
Original post:
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The brutal truth: Others control your career progress!
Take back control with this framework:
Shocking truth: Right now, somewhere...
Your name is being mentioned in a meeting.
But who's fighting in your corner?
The painful reality:
❌ Some spread doubt behind closed doors
❌ Others demolish reputations in silence
✔ While few... fight fiercely for your success
✔ While few... powerful mentors invest in your future
The difference?
❌ It's not your talent.
✔ It's who speaks up for you when you aren't there.
Here's how to build an army of career defenders:
1. Become worth fighting for 🛡️
↳ Deliver work that makes others look brilliant
↳ Be the colleague everyone wants on their team
2. Turn leaders into loyal advocates 🚀
↳ Make your wins visible (but credit your supporters)
↳ Solve problems that keep your bosses awake
3. Build your high-level support network 🔗
↳ Connect with seniors two levels above you
↳ Give them reasons to remember your name
4. Create trust that echoes 💬
↳ Champion others first (especially in their absence)
↳ Build a reputation that speaks before you enter a room
The brutal truth:
- In every senior meeting...
- In every promotion discussion...
- In every project assignment...
Someone is either:
✔ Championing your potential
❌ Or letting silence kill your chances
Your reputation travels without you.
Make sure it has powerful allies carrying it.
What's the most powerful way someone has advocated for you when you weren't in the room?
Let me know in the comments ⬇️
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Follow Brutal Truths for unfiltered wisdom that drives real growth.
