In this episode of Workaholic, I take you on a roadside-rescue tour for your work life— starting with that sinking feeling of being lost in the middle of nowhere.

We'll discuss

• The three warning lights: Promotion Plateau, Income Flatline, and Purpose Drift—why they show up and how they quietly drain motivation.

• The hidden price of staying stuck: disengagement that bleeds ≈ $1.9 trillion from businesses each year and the mental-health spiral that follows.

• A breakthrough on Kyoto’s Torii trail: Kiko’s moment beneath Fushimi Inari’s bright gates and the note-scribbling flight that birthed a way out.

• The G.A.T.E. Framework: four crisp moves—Get away from autopilot, Audit your roles, Talk to yourself on paper, and Embed one change—that turn clarity into momentum with just one day, one list, two pages, and one weekly habit.

If you’ve spent five years wearing the same mid-level title, watched your raise shrink under inflation, or wondered why your work still matters, this is your map out of the wilderness.