You’re feeling stuck in your career. How can you find the right path forward?

Self-Assessment: Identify your strengths, weaknesses, interests, and values. This can help you understand what you’re looking for in your career. Set Goals: Define what success looks like to you. Setting short-term and long-term career goals can give you a sense of direction. Seek Feedback: Don’t hesitate to ask for feedback from your colleagues, superiors, or mentors. They can provide valuable insights into your performance and potential areas for improvement. Continuous Learning: Invest in your professional development by learning new skills or deepening your existing ones. This could be through online courses, workshops, or reading.

There are 3 common reasons why you might feel stuck. This first step is to figure out which is yours. Lack of Progression: If you're not seeing a clear path for advancement or growth in their current role, this will develop a sense of stagnation. Unclear Goals: Without goals you'll likely feel directionless. And if you don't know where you're headed this will undermine your motivation and determination. Fear of Change: The apprehension about making a mistake, failing, or leaving one’s comfort zone can can prevent you from accurately evaluating new opportunities that might lead to career fulfillment.

If you're really stuck, you need to be aware of a Japanese concept called Ikigai, or "a reason for being". It's often interpreted as the source of value in one's life or the things that make one's life worthwhile. The perfect harmony involves what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be compensated for - the recipe for a fulfilling and balanced life.

There have been times in my career when I felt as though I couldn’t move and feel stuck. What I did was educate myself by learning new skills that could aid in my plan. As an example, learning some data analytical skills related to my career is very helpful to kickstart me getting out of a rut or from feeling stuck. Also, creating your SMART goals list can help.

A great way to get unstuck is to speak to a coach. To start off that process ask your friends or colleagues what are the key strengths they see in you. That will allow you to see what others might be seeing (that you might have missed) and you'll be able to use those points as a pivot point or thinking point to what are some ideas/direction you might want to explore. it could help you explore a new area and that could help you feel more energised about your direction and path.