“She didn’t ask me to write this. But I just can’t stay quiet.”

Every evening she comes home exhausted.

She gives everything she has.

Carries projects on her shoulders that would crush most people.

And it’s not just performance.

It’s brains, empathy, intuition, responsibility, big-picture thinking

everything you’d want in a leader, she’s got it.

But then the message comes:

So-and-so got promoted.

Not her.

And it happens again.

And again.

She smiles.

Says, “It’s okay.”

That what really matters is working on something meaningful.

That the title doesn’t matter as much as the impact.

And me?

I’m boiling inside.

Because I see her worth.

And I don’t understand

why others can’t see it.

Then I start to wonder:

Maybe she doesn’t push herself forward enough?

Maybe she doesn’t “market” herself?

Maybe she just does the job too well,

so it’s easier to keep her exactly where she is?

But it hurts.

Because I know it’s not her fault.

And I also know

that one day, they’ll finally wake up.

And by then…

it might be too late.

My takeaway?

Sometimes, to move up,

it’s not enough to be amazing.

You also have to remind people of it—without shame.

Are you doing that?