Utkarsh NarangFounder, IgnitedNeurons · Your best doers become your worst managers as you scale. I turn them into leaders so your best people don’t leave.

The Hidden Cost of Career Success Most People Never Talk About #shorts

27 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the speaker reflects on the choices professionals make between dedicating extra time to work—such as long hours, networking events, executive gatherings, and frequent travel—and prioritizing family life. He acknowledges that his own career did not follow the rapid, high‑earning trajectory of many of his peers who now occupy C‑suite roles, but he expresses contentment with the achievements he and his family have attained. The core message is that personal fulfillment can stem from family success rather than conventional career milestones.

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We make choices going along the way in your career. And that sometimes is you have a choice whether you can work those extra hours or go out with the teams consistently and go to executive drinks and all that kind of stuff or travel consistently, get jobs that do that, or you take the time with the family. Those who can do both, good luck to you. My career probably didn't You know, and it didn't take off in the same trajectories as a lot of my mates who are now 50-something and C-suites and all that kind of stuff and probably earning twice or more than what I have and all that kind of stuff. But I'm still happy with what we've achieved, what I've achieved as a dad, what I've achieved, what we've achieved as a family. And at the end of the day, that's kind of what it comes down to, I reckon.