One of my advisors has an interesting take on where she thinks many professionals are stuck.
She says, particularly in the drag race that is New York, many hard charging men and women have had the mojo beaten out of them.
Whereas most of us started our careers feeling unstoppable, somewhere in our twenties and thirties, after sustaining inevitable setbacks, many of us feel like we’ve lost a step.
And while it can sometimes feel like that mojo got left behind with Austin Powers, like a well-driven Aston Martin that has taken a few dings over the years, often we only need a little touch-up.