biggest blocker for people trying to grow their career #career #careeradvice

12 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Personal distractions like Netflix and smartphones are the main thing holding people back from advancing their careers. One speaker describes his routine during unemployment: watch a 45-minute show with his wife, then work three hours before bed. He realized he had to cut those habits to focus on what actually moves the needle, like making a YouTube video instead of applying to hundreds of jobs.

Especially when I was unemployed, I was like, I have to.
I truly believe that the biggest blocker stopping people is their phone and streaming services like Netflix.
Me and my wife watch probably one show, like a 45-minute show every night. She falls asleep. I come into my office and I work for 3 hours, and then I go to sleep, and I do it all again the next morning. But it's one of those things where I want to give up things. I think that's where I kind of started because I had to at some point, especially when I was unemployed. I was like, I have to give up doing this because I need to do other things. Probably should spend these next 3 hours applying for 400 jobs, or I could make one YouTube video and potentially get a job in the future.