It's tough Gin and I think most of us have faced this fear of failure or disappointing someone whether it's job related, family related, whatever.


You can take that fear though and flip it around emotionally. Look at it from my viewpoint as a parent for example....when I'm unsure and stop and worry if I'm messing it all up I have to remind myself that good parents do this and bad parents never care enough to check themselves or worry if they are messing up.

It's a mark of your committment to be an excellent employee that you self-doubt is what I'm attempting to say. It's your internal monitoring system and it can be your friend and an excellent resource. Use it, don't fear it. If you for instance see it that way and can look at a particular issue at work clearly, then you can determine whether it's just nerves, stress or in fact something lacking in your training that can be addressed with your employer in a positive manner.

I can't imagine an employer who would react poorly to an employee sitting down and honestly saying that they believe they could be an even better employee if a few issues were gone over a bit more.

Also to be honest sometimes we humans just self-doubt and worry over nothing....the old "making a mountain out of a molehill thing". Someone once said to me that fear was False Evidence Appearing Real. A nice bit of wisdom really and something I have to check myself on...is my worry reality based and something that can be dealt with...or just a nameless worry that is likely less of a problem than my fear is leading me to believe.

*Hugs*

~~Jo~~