Introduction The hardest part of starting a new job is not always the workload. Sometimes, it is the question that quietly stays in your mind every day: "Am I doing enough?" Starting a new company means starting over in many ways. You have new colleagues, new systems, new expectations, new processes, and a completely different environment to understand. Even experienced professionals can feel uncertain during this transition. You may find yourself overthinking emails, meetings, conversations with your manager, or small mistakes. You may assume that you are stressed because there is too much work. But often, the real problem is uncertainty. Your brain naturally looks for familiarity. When everything around you is new, even simple responsibilities can feel more difficult than they actually are. Stop Trying to Prove Everything at Once Many professionals enter a new company believing they need to prove themselves immediately. They want to demonstrate their knowledge, impre...
Introduction Social anxiety is a disorder in which you suffer from a long-term fear of social situations. It is more than just shyness rather it's a fear that affects our everyday activities, relationships, and self-confidence. It does not go away. The spotlight effect is even worse for people with social anxiety as has a huge impact on your ability to work. People feel uncomfortable around others and feel embarrassed all the time. Spotlight effect and its examples The spotlight effect is a cognitive bias in which a person believes that the world is always watching him/her. In it, a person overestimates how much people notice him and thinks that people are paying much more attention to him than they actually do. In the spotlight effect, you feel like every move that you are making is under the microscope of the public eye that highlights your successes and failures, both. Very common examples of the spotlight effect include various situations like when you realize that your zipper ...