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How to Turn a Career Setback Into a Strategic Advantage
Episode 43 of Career Coaching with Fexingo explores a counterintuitive career skill: using professional setbacks as leverage. Lucas and Luna dissect the story of a mid-career marketing director who was passed over for a promotion—and instead of quitting or sulking, turned the rejection into a negotiation that reshaped her role, compensation, and trajectory. They walk through the exact framework she used: the 'Setback Audit,' the 'Reality Gap' conversation, and the 'Alternative Path' proposal. The episode includes concrete scripts for asking 'What would it…
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