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Helen and Sarah at squiggly careers.com. So today we're talking about how to overcome common

career obstacles. So it feels like a bit of a negative topic to be starting with. But we felt like

there were some obstacles that we will all experience in our squiggly careers. These naughty moments,

which are difficult and where when we're stuck in these moments, it is really helpful

to have some tactics, some tools to help us to make progress.

Because I think often in these moments, we do feel frustrated, you perhaps feel helpless

and typically low levels of control. Oh, I can't, I know I want to change something. I don't

want to stay where I am, but it feels hard to make that happen. So a couple of the common ones

that we've identified are a boss who feels like a blocker, a company where you can't progress,

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