New Job Advice
The initial excitement can come with some temporary anxiety.
New job, new systems, new team. It's all part of the process.
Getting a new job can be like getting a new car. Some people go for the bright and flashy one. You know the one—with speech-to-text whiteboards and coffee-delivering robots.
Others go for the dependable and reliable. Make your own coffee, bring your own milk—but the health benefits are good and the employee attrition rate is low.
The Anxiety Comes With the Excitement
Regardless of which you choose, soon the fear of being sideswiped, unexpected repairs, and/or rising insurance costs starts to set in. Still, you know this is just part of the car-buying process. The initial excitement goes hand-in-hand with some temporary anxiety.
Similarly, in a new job—regardless of DIY or robotic coffee—
the initial excitement goes hand-in-hand with some anxiety.
This time, it’s the fear of not learning fast enough, showcasing your work performance, and/or fitting into your new team. Even if you know the systems they use, the new application can make it feel like a whole new world.
And yet… remember when you had to learn a new feature on your phone or figure out how to use the air fryer? At first, the phone and air fryer came dangerously close to being airborne. Fast-forward a few months, and now using either is second nature.
A New Job is the Same Way
You can think of the new job the same way. Today, you don’t know how to use the corporate systems and want to throw the computer out a window. Fast-forward a few months, and now you are training the intern.
You just have to remember the secret:
This phase is temporary, and you’re building that future version of yourself.
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Starting a new job can feel overwhelming, even when you’ve been doing this type of work for years. In this video, I talk about why that intense beginning is temporary and how you’re building the future version of yourself.
