Stuck in the mud was a fun concept as a kid. Do you remember this primary school playground favourite? For those of you who need a reminder – the concept of stuck in the mud (as we played it) was that you had one person who was “It” and the rest of the participants aimed to escape being caught. Once caught however, the player was stuck in the mud and was unable to move. Stuck. No movement. No going forward. No falling backwards. Stuck. They needed to stay put – legs slightly apart (second position distance for the childhood ballerinas among you) and you stayed there – stuck in the mud – until another player rescued you by tagging you and crawling through the gap between your feet. This game gave us hours of fun through my young childhood and it may have been the same for you. Fast forward to adult hood and the concept of being stuck isn’t so much fun. It certainly doesn’t feel like a game… And unfortunately, especially for mid career professionals and even sometimes for those quite early in their career but a few years into a job – this feeling of being stuck (and too still for comfort) is quite common. So what do you do? Are you content to stay stuck or do you crave movement of some kind? For those of you ready to move, here are 3 tips for becoming “unstuck”: 1. Do something differentOften feeling stuck can relate to monotony. Your routine may look like any of these. You go to work, you go home. You go to...
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