There are times in everyone’s professional career that leave you with shattered self-confidence, and the empty feeling that you don’t know what you’re doing. This could come after an idea pitch that wasn’t successful, making a mistake in some data analysis or working for a narcissist. The last scenario is where I was at in my last role, and it took me a good few months to build back up to believing in myself as a decent engineer again. I thought this would be a good topic to write about, as it’s something that you could apply to all sorts of areas of your life, even if your particular loss of confidence isn’t in your career. It’s crazy the hold that a situation like this can have over you – your brain can really be your enemy and it can be hard to realise you’re self-sabotaging. 1) Trawl back through…
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