Personal Narrative: Overcoming Myself And My Anxiety

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One of the biggest struggles I had to overcome at work was myself and my Anxiety. Walking into this unknown environment terrified me greatly. One week into my job working for customer service, with very little training, I was asked, "do you even know what's going on?" I then responded "no," and was immediately fired and sent to work with someone else to file hazardous materials. I wanted to surpass the expectations I believed people had of me to the point where I was willing to take the work home. The perception I had of myself declined immensely and I believed I was only capable of failing. As I read the book, On Course, I discovered new ways I can deal with my anxiety when I go to work in the future. For example, I realized that I began

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