340: Stuck in Your Career? Let’s Get You What You Want

In this Workday Playdate, Erin tackles one of the most searched topics at work: feeling stuck in your career.

If you’ve ever thought, “Is this it?” or felt trapped between comfort and craving something more, this episode gives you a simple, actionable framework to stop spiraling and start moving. Career growth is about small, intentional steps that change your trajectory.

Inside This Episode:

• Feeling Stuck at Work? You’re Not Alone: Why burnout, disengagement, and lack of clarity are more common than you think, and what they’re really telling you.
• Energy Before Strategy: Why you can’t think your way out of burnout and how resetting your energy unlocks better decisions and career clarity.
• The “Improv Your Way Out” Framework: A five-step method to help you get unstuck, gain direction, and start taking action today.
• Call the Scene: How naming your current reality (honestly) is the first step to changing it.
• Yes, And Your Life: How to hold gratitude and desire for more—without guilt or self-judgment.
• Create Your Next Career Identity: Why stepping into a new “character” helps you align your actions with who you want to become.
• Baby Steps > Big Leaps: The secret to career change that actually sticks (hint: it’s not quitting your job tomorrow).
• Upgrade Your Environment: How the people around you either accelerate or drain your growth.
• Mindset, Habits, Environment: The real drivers of career fulfillment and how to start shifting all three.
• Small Moves, Big Career Shifts: Why consistent, aligned action beats waiting for the “perfect” moment every time.

What to Do Now:

1. Call It + Claim It: Write down what you’re currently tolerating at work—and what you actually want instead. Clarity creates momentum.
2. Take One Aligned Step: Don’t wait for a full plan. Send the email, start the conversation, or try something new this week. Small moves shift everything.
3. Upgrade Your Energy + Circle: Reset your mindset (hello, Positivity Without Pretending Toolkit) and spend more time with people who challenge and energize you.

Your Freebie

You don’t need to fake a good attitude to be a great leader. But chances are, you’ve been taught to push through instead of reset.

Enter your free resource: The Positivity Without Pretending Toolkit. A quick, human-centered reset designed to help you shift your mindset, refuel your energy, and show up with authenticity, especially on the hard days.  

Download the Positivity Without Pretending Toolkit here.

And thank you to our sponsors Intuit Quickbooks Payroll. To learn more visit:   https://quickbooks.intuit.com/workforce/

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