“If someone offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes then learn how to do it later.” – Richard Branson

I can’t tell you the number of times an employer asked me to do something new I hadn’t done before, and I had to teach myself how to do it before I could get started on the task, which I successfully completed.

When an employer knows us, knows our skill sets, our strengths and aptitudes, it’s somehow easier for us to accept a challenge they offer us.

Yet, when a stranger sees the same things within us, we get fearful that we might not measure up!

If we’ve managed to learn new skills in the past and have accomplished the goals set out for us, why would we doubt that we could do it once more?

Fear. Fear of the unknown.

A current employer who asks us to do something new, even when we don’t yet have the skills, inspires a feeling of confidence because they already know us. They trust our abilities to problem solve and to become able.

A stranger offering us an opportunity can illicit anxiety within us, because we wonder how they can see our potential to succeed when they don’t know us. Yet that person looks carefully at what we’ve already done, and can surmise that we have what it takes to get the job done.

It isn’t the stranger’s lack of perception which is in question, for they have our own history to pull from.

No, it is our own anxiety. Our own fear of failure which causes us to question ourselves, our abilities.

If we can see ourselves through the other person’s eyes, we can see they already see us as being capable of learning the needed skills, because we’ve done it before.

By taking a step back from our fears, from our anxieties, we can look more objectively at ourselves, and gain the self-confidence we need to move forward!

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