The Grit Behind the Gloss: This week's podcast is in conversation with Nash Vracas. When Nash talks about her career, it’s a real zigzag story - Olympic sport performance, then engineering, then automotive leadership. Each jump looks like a leap. But underneath it all there is the same formula: discipline + curiosity + compassion. She says, “Motivation gets you started; discipline gets you there.”And that’s the thing -motivation is mood-dependent. Discipline is identity-dep

Most careers don’t derail because people aren’t good at their jobs. They derail because no one sees  how good they are. You can be the most talented person in the room (clever, capable, relentlessly committed), but if you’re invisible to the people who make decisions, your hard work hits a ceiling. That’s the harsh truth most of us weren’t taught. We were raised on the myth that if you just keep your head down and do great work, someone will notice. They won’t. The Career Fly

Forget your polished CV. Forget your LinkedIn profile. The thing that really decides your next opportunity isn’t on paper. It’s the story people tell about you when you’re not in the room. That story (fair or not) is your reputation. And it walks in before you do.