Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi All,
So to give a general description, I'm apparently doing ok according to my new employer, indeed been told im 'really good' from them and given plenty of room to manoeuvre - all good , but got several critical emails from client with 'i'm dissapointed' in it.. ( this to me is game over, all or nothing thinking, just find another career) but i understand its typical language and not personal but inwardly I really can't compute the difference. I'm riddled with anxiety, i don't feel that i am really navigating the cut throat business world - i'm just trying to be the honest me (im *** otherwise) which i think puts me at a disadvantage.
I feel I need to correct this soon or I am going to fail somehow and i'm anticipating losing my job soon. I'm wondering how others deal with similar negative feedback despite doing your best.
You actually can't please everybody, you can have done nothing wrong and someone still be disapointed, sometimes it's not you that's done something incorrect it's that the result is just not what they were expecting. And nobody is wrong, it's simply how it is. You have to just learn to wash your hands of it and not take it personally when it happens. If the anxiety rises say no to it, remind yourself the anxiety is not justified because your boss is happy with you and it's just someone being disapointed, it's not like you killed their dog or anything like that.