{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Joy of Reinvention","title":"Episode 7: When Success Becomes a Birdcage","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1364,"description":"There’s a phase that’s harder to name than failure.\nIt’s when the role that once felt impossible now feels… routine. When the business is growing, the team is strong, and your calendar has never been fuller.\n\nAnd yet. Something starts to feel different. Not wrong. Just different.\n\nIn this episode, I go back to the years when I had built something real at Microsoft — and began to realize, slowly, that the very things making the work meaningful were also making it impossible to imagine leaving. The platform. The recognition. The rhythm that had quietly become a birdcage.\n\nBecause success, it turns out, creates its own kind of invisible trap.\n\nThe question isn’t whether things are working. It’s whether they’re still growing you.\nFor newsletter updates, sign up here.\nFor video episodes, visit our podcast on Apple, YouTube, or Spotify.\nFollow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.\nSend your feedback and suggestions for future episodes to feedback@theknowingmoments.com\nLogo and other art courtesy of Andy Reddout","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uq3wHhN2Ru8JlN0EF5ml2AUTZG2G_hmrT6nZWahn3Ow/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZWU0/MjVhYTdiYWQyYWQw/Mzg1ZmMzNTFkZmE0/YmM2Yi5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}