The version of you that got you here isn’t built for where you’re going. Be willing to upgrade.

The habits that worked at one level are tuned to that level, and they quietly stop fitting once the demands change. What made you good at school is not automatically what makes you good at a job. Holding on to an old method out of loyalty to your past self is how people stall right after a step up.

After any change in your situation, ask which of your habits are still earning their place. Drop one that is not. Adding a new skill is easier than admitting an old one has expired.