# Michael Bernoff: Why Capable People Stay Stuck (The Language Fix)

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Podcast: [Finding Peak with Ryan Hanley](https://stenobird.com/podcast/finding-peak-with-ryan-hanley-1081139)
Published: 2026-07-24T15:24:21+00:00
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## Resource

I spent years believing the gap between where I was and where I wanted to be was a work problem. Michael Bernoff calls it what it is: a language problem.

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