Careers plateau silently. There is no alarm that sounds when you have stopped growing, no notification that pops up warning you have become comfortable. The only signal is the gradual absence of discomfort, the slow fading of the questions that once kept you awake at night.
I discovered this truth the hard way. The day I stopped wondering “what if?” and started saying “I know” marked the beginning of a plateau I did not even recognize until months later. If you talk to most accomplished masters, they will tell you that mastery is an elusive mirage. Just when you think…
