350: Summer Is Costing You More Career Momentum Than You Think

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Send us Fan Mail If you have been treating summer like a season to slow down professionally, this episode may challenge everything you believe about career growth at mid-career. Too many mid-career professionals mentally check out between Memorial Day and Labor Day. They stay busy, answer emails, attend meetings, and keep projects moving. But they stop showing up with intention. While everyone else waits for September to “get serious again,” the people who earn promotions, gain visibility, and create new opportunities are quietly positioning themselves right now. In this episode of The Mid-Career GPS Podcast, leadership and career coach, keynote speaker, and host, John Neral, unpacks why summer is one of the most overlooked career growth opportunities of the year and how small decisions during these months can create a massive gap between professionals who coast and professionals who advance. I start with a Memorial Day reflection and a milestone celebration before diving into an uncomfortable but necessary question: what happens to your career when you mentally disengage for months at a time? Drawing from stories about my first jobs at the Jersey Shore and later professional exper