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How to Find a Mentor When You Are Mid-Career and Stuck
In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a specific mid-career trap: the feeling of being stuck after a decade in the same field, with no clear next step. They explore why traditional advice 'just ask someone senior' often fails at this stage, and break down a concrete approach used by executive coach Marcia Reynolds: the 'reverse mentor' strategy. Lucas shares how one project manager at a Fortune 500 company broke out of her plateau by mentoring a junior colleague in a different department. The hosts discuss the psychology of mid-career stagnation, the difference between a…
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