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Progress's polite way of telling you to stop and rethink everything.
means Periods where effort continues but improvement stalls, common in learning, fitness, and careers.
from From French plateau, a flat raised surface, itself from plat, flat — literally a high place that goes nowhere, which is the whole emotional point.
Learning curveSkill plateaus often precede sudden breakthrough leaps.
GeographyEarth's largest is Tibet, the Roof of the World.
Weight lossMetabolism adapts, stalling the scale despite identical effort.