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When a Career Change Tests Your Confidence: Finding Strength in the Struggle

Introduction  There is a moment during some career transitions when you begin questioning everything. You wonder whether you made the right decision, whether you are good enough for your new role, and whether things will ever feel normal again. From the outside, everything may look fine. You have a new job, new opportunities, and a fresh start. But inside, you are struggling to find your footing. Career transitions are not always exciting beginnings. Sometimes, they are uncomfortable periods that test your confidence more than you expected.  When Nothing Feels Familiar  Imagine starting a new role where everyone seems to understand the systems, the culture, and the expectations except you. People use unfamiliar terms in meetings. Tasks take longer than expected. You hesitate before asking questions because you do not want to appear inexperienced. You begin comparing yourself with colleagues who have years of experience in that environment. Slowly, the excitement you felt ...

The Philosophy of Stoicism: Part 1

Introduction Stoicism is a great greek philosophy that deals with self-discipline and mind control. This philosophy helps us to bear all types of pains in our life. Stoicism was popularised by Zeno of Citium who was born in the Greek city of Citium. He started studying philosophy after he lost everything in a ship wreckage near Athens. He swam to Athens and started roaming around. As he doesn’t have anything to do hence he visited a bookshop and saw a book of Socrates. He started asking questions pertaining to Socrates' philosophy from the book shop owner. The Book shop owner suggested that he must visit Xenophon who was also a cynic philosopher. Zeno started asking philosophical questions from Xenophon and became his student. Thereafter Zeno started studying greek philosophy under the guidance of Xenophon. After the long study of the philosophy, Zeno started teaching his own students. As he and his students used to discuss his philosophy at Stoa Poikile, Athens hence his philosoph...