{"id":190033,"date":"2025-06-17T08:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=190033"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:04:36","slug":"podcast-1073-how-to-turn-vices-into-career-advancing-virtues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/finance\/career\/podcast-1073-how-to-turn-vices-into-career-advancing-virtues\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #1,073: How to Turn Vices Into Career-Advancing Virtues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What if the traits you&#8217;ve been taught to suppress your entire career are actually the very qualities that separate those who get what they want from those who stay stuck waiting for recognition that never comes?<\/p>\n<p>Today on the show, Jenny Wood argues that most of us are living in what she calls &#8220;an invisible cage&#8221; created by an overabundance of caution, and that the biggest lie you&#8217;ve been told in your career is to keep your head down and let your work speak for itself.<\/p>\n<p>Jenny is a former Google executive who developed a career development program used by 56,000 people in nearly 100 countries, and she&#8217;s the author of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4e9RJ7y\"><em>Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It<\/em><\/a>. 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