You find yourself amazed, and a little bit jealous, at the success of those around you. Not only are they new at the job, they have less experience than you, and still they seem to know so much. What has happened here?
This is a classic situation, and one I found myself in a few years ago. I had become complacent. There, that says it all! I was complacent. Of course at the time I didn't realise that was what was happening. I just felt that I was somehow left by the side of the road without realising how I got there.
What did I do? To be honest, nothing immediately. I was to immersed in the problem to see the solution, and the solution proved to be more simple than I thought. "READ MORE".
By saying "Read more", I mean read within your subject area, not just narrowly but branch out a bit. Read blogs, better yet, subscribe to some. Google a word or two and read the articles. Last of all "Read the Manual". I don't mean start at page one and work through to the end, and don't open the manual at random, use the index to guide you.
Do this over lunch, or take a sneaky ten to fifteen minutes, and nose around a subject. You will find that within a month or two of solid effort, sorry no simple fix here, your complacency will have all but disappeared.
Lastly, lighten up a little. When you are depressed you cannot work to the best of your ability, so smile. It's not that bad.
1 comment:
I truly agree with your post. With years of experience complacency sets in only to realize that the newcomers are much more knowledgeable and active. The later you realize this fact the more catch up you need to do.
Good tip suggesting to read so you dont get outdated... Thanks.
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