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👉 How do I get out of "order taker" mode when I’ve been in it for years?

They trust you to ship. Not to shape. Here's how to flip that.

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Marina Krutchinsky
Jun 28, 2025
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👋 Happy Saturday, my dear UX friends, Marina here!

Let’s be brutally honest for a second:

You’re respected. You’re helpful. You deliver.

And that’s exactly why they don’t see you as a leader.

You became the person who “gets it done.”

The reliable one.

The no-drama, low-friction, always-on-point pro.

And somewhere along the way… you disappeared from the strat…

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