I’ve been working in Media planning and buying for almost 10 years, I moved countries and various agencies, now at client side, but I’ve always struggled in getting promotion, I’ve been working so hard but it seems like I’m not good enough or I’m lacking tools which take to get promoted in a highly competitive NYC market. This situation makes me wonder, Am I really doing what I’m good at? How do I find out if I should be doing something else, feels like I’m stuck and losing spark/focus. Help! :(

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