General Chat

Too late for today, but I notice you are going into work today with a negative attitude already. I learned all too fast that if I thought something bad was going to happen, it usually did. Try this tomorrow. When you get up and get ready for work, tell yourself you've had enough of naff days, today is going to be a great day and you're not going to let anyone spoil it. Walk into work with a cheery smile and hello, see the reaction. It's a simple exercise in thought. Replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts, don't let those negative thoughts get in the way of what you want. Its damn hard to begin with, but with practise, you will soon learn to do it out of habit. If you make a mistake, dont let it get you down, just accept it as a mistake, and look at it as an opportunity to learn from it. Chances are that if people are not making mistakes, they are not doing much anyway.

When I was 20, my supervisor at work left and before they could get anyone else in, I did her job. I thought I did her job really well, but at the end of the day they advertised outside the company and took on someone much older and I was dumped back on my old job. I went into to see the boss totally distraught, asking him why I couldn't have had the job as I'd done it perfectly well. He looked at me as if he didn't know what I was talking about. The long and short of it was, I looked for another job. Will say one thing, I remember keep asking 'when do you stop being a junior' - it seemed to go on for years, but eventually they see past your age, which may be the main reason you aren't given more responsibility. Short sighted of them but thats the way it seems to go. You'll get there, just keep believing in yourself. You know you can do it.