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Aug 3
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
Sometimes the Career You Built Was Chosen by Others
Most career decisions are made by an invisible committee you never elected. Progression is not the next title. It is taking back the pen.
Aug 3
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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July 2026
Your Job Was Never the Moat. Your Judgment Was.
A Restack on Steroids: extending another’s work into career progression. Built on Aarti Anand’s “The Moat Was Never the Code.”
Jul 31
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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Your Career Adopted AI. It Hasn’t Absorbed It Yet.
A Restack on Steroids: extending another’s work into career progression. Built on Neha Kabra’s talk with Ashwin Francis and Raghav Mehra.
Jul 29
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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Chronic Blame: The Career Ailment That Follows You Everywhere
It hides as a martyr's cloak: woe is me, why me. A salesperson wore it from one job to the next, and it quietly cost him both.
Jul 29
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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Your People Are Your Business
What Paula Quinsee Helped Me Reconsider About Work, Conflict, and the Human System Beneath Performance
Jul 25
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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Anyone Can Produce the Work Now Using AI. Few Can Defend It Using Judgment.
AI makes everyone’s output look expert. The durable edge is the judgment to defend it, and the research suggests we are quietly losing it.
Jul 24
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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The Promotion That Boils You Slowly
The Peter Principle, the research behind it, and how to stay alert enough to beat it.
Jul 20
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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Your Career Is Contagious
The people you build your career around quietly set your ceiling. Here is the science, and how to choose your room on purpose.
Jul 17
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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Your Career Is a Company Being Acquired
Restack on Steroids, building this article inspired by Alexander Kelm’s research on acquisitions: run your career like a company that keeps getting…
Jul 17
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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Three Questions to Ask Before You Call It Burnout
Not all hard stress is burnout. Some of it is growth wearing a disguise, and mislabeling it costs you. Here is how to tell.
Jul 16
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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The Feedback You Resist Is Usually the One You Need
Restack on Steroids: my take on the Substacks I connect with. This time, Kaila Colbin talks about the hardest feedback she ever got.
Jul 16
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Dr. Deepak Bhootra
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