My outlook on things was mine to command. The job you have now may have dented your confidence but nobody has the power to control you. She gave me a slightly disgusted look. Looking back on my training period, I let a lot of things slide that I should not have. One of my coworkers is a well of true knowledge, so they guided me and taught me. My … As someone who has shunned self-care for most of my life, I'm only recently learning the remarkable power of it. Irked he began a slow, methodical approach to shatter my confidence – telling me I was doing a terrible job, giving me impossible-to-achieve targets and work that was beyond my job role. Every one of us has experienced at least one instance in our lives where our confidence has been smashed and we’ve had to re-build shattered psyches from the ground up. It destroyed my confidence. This new way involves you putting in much less effort than you ever have and getting way better results with her than you ever have. My life was mine to do with what I WANTED. If you read Part 1 of the Dream Job Series, you may have tested your feelings about your job against the 15 signs your job is making you miserable and found more in common than you wanted. How often does the thought “my job is making me depressed” run through your head? ... A crushed destroyed my self-confidence. Thing is, my mental health (specifically an ongoing battle with depression for the past 7 years and now more recently generalized anxiety and panic as a result of a road traffic accident where I was knocked down by a car last summer) have completely stripped me of any confidence in myself. I knew I had a steep learning curve, but my attitude kept me feeling confident. (If you haven’t read that, view it now and come back to this post.) I’m working as a locum, but was passed over for a more substantive role after my interview went badly. You need to treat yourself like you would treat your beautiful but … It might have been an acrimonious break-up, losing a job, failing an exam or being rejected by someone we thought was a friend. “There’s white stuff in your hair you know.” (I have Psoriasis). I feel like I have been cheated and my confidence has been destroyed. Ironically, men are better off when it comes to self-esteem on the job, not because they don't have self doubts, but because low confidence manifests differently for women than it … During the interview I was surprised at the difficulty of some of the questions but I was even more surprised when I was told that the job would be given to someone from outside the company. I did my best and it wasn’t enough, so my ex destroyed my confidence.” Instead, focus instead on approaching her in a completely new way that is going to be more attractive and appealing to her. 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