One habit that can hold you back as you become more senior: continuing to ask for approval on decisions you're perfectly capable of making.
Say you're leading a project. Another team wants to add something that might delay the launch. You think it should wait, but you message your manager: "Is it okay if I push back on this?"
If managing the project's scope is your responsibility, start making these decisions without asking for permission.
And, instead, send a note to your manager as more of an update to keep them in the loop: "Heads up: They want to add X, but it'll delay us a week. I'm going to push back, so we tackle this after launch. Let me know if you think otherwise."
You're still keeping people informed and giving them a chance to weigh in. But you've done the thinking yourself.
Of course, some decisions genuinely need approval. For the ones that don't, get comfortable making the call. It's how you develop your own judgment, and how other people learn to trust it.
