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<p class="graf graf--p"><strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">We’ve all been there.</strong></p>
<p class="graf graf--p">Your performance is dropping. Your work is starting to dawn on you. Your love for the job is declining ever so slowly while your peers seem to be riding high.</p>
<p class="graf graf--p">You used to be full of promise. Heck, someone even said you used to be one of the best on the team.</p>

<h1 class="graf graf--h3">But You Begin to Doubt Yourself</h1>
<p class="graf graf--p">Your results are coming up short… for weeks and months! You feel demotivated. You worry. You get anxious.</p>
<p class="graf graf--p">You begin to wonder the worst fear of all young &amp; ambitious achievers:</p>

<blockquote class="graf graf--pullquote graf--startsWithDoubleQuote">“What if… what if I’m not good at anything?”
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<p class="graf graf--p">Did someone finally catch up to me and call me out?</p>
<p class="graf graf--p">That I wasn’t that great all along and now my jig is up?</p>
<p class="graf graf--p">This question is paralyzing because it goes against our very core as aspiring top performers.</p>

<blockquote class="graf graf--pullquote">All our working lives we want to win BIG, we want to finish BIG. And in order to win &amp; finish BIG, you got to be the BEST.
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<p class="graf graf--p">And if you’re not good at anything, then… there’s no way you can chase your ambitions / accomplish your big goals in life.</p>
<p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote"><em class="markup--em markup--p-em">“If my goals aren’t ambitious, or at least big, then what’s the point?”</em></p>
<p class="graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote"><em class="markup--em markup--p-em">“Mediocrity? That’s a wasted life” </em>— You tell yourself.</p>

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<h1 class="graf graf--h3">Then I Started Looking for Answers</h1>
<p class="graf graf--p">Seeking for answers, I asked those who were more senior than me and they said they all had the same crisis before.</p>
<p class="graf graf--p">Their answers? I have three.</p>
<p class="graf graf--p"><strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">First, </strong>it’s normal to feel this way, especially if you take your work seriously. But don’t give up until <em class="markup--em markup--p-em">they </em>give up on you.</p>

<blockquote class="graf graf--pullquote">This nagging fear of being bad at your job should make it OK for you to mentally resign. Instead, continue to do your best work until they call it quits.
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<p class="graf graf--p"><strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">Second,</strong> being “the best” is subjective. To some, Person A &gt; Person B. To others, Person B &gt; Person A. It’s unfair comparison. What you really should care about being <em class="markup--em markup--p-em">the best version of you.</em></p>
<p class="graf graf--p">Similar to the Jordan Peterson advice:</p>

<blockquote class="graf graf--pullquote graf--startsWithDoubleQuote">“Compare yourself to who you were yesterday”
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<p class="graf graf--p"><strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">Third, </strong>yes, you may think your career is in jeopardy. But is it really? Are you spending more time worrying than you are improving your craft? Do you honestly think everybody is “pity-paying” you till you are up to par?</p>

<blockquote class="graf graf--pullquote">The honest truth is they have not given up on you (if they did, you would’ve been fired long ago). They want to see you shine — they interviewed dozens of people and trained you for months.
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<p class="graf graf--p">If your fear is the fear of getting canned, rest assured — it’s near if you don’t stop whining and start improving.</p>
<p class="graf graf--p">And even if the worst happens, there are plenty of opportunity and more dream companies you can apply for.</p>
<p class="graf graf--p">No money saved up? Move back home with family or freelance fast to pay the bills.</p>

<blockquote class="graf graf--pullquote">It’s not the end of the world. Get it together and don’t give up till they do. Then find the next gig.
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