LOOK FOR A WAY TO MAKE YOUR LIFE GRAND

The title of this blog was something I read this morning. It was a story of a man who was in such despair that he contemplated suicide. As fate would have it, he happened to pick up a book on self-confidence and, after reading this book, decided to look for a way to make his life grand. Now I don't know whether this story is true or not, but I do have some experience with self-confidence and the lack thereof.

Some years ago I went back to work after the children were older. I happened to secure a job at a doctor's office. I was only going to work two days a week ..... seemed perfect, except for one thing ~ I had never worked in this type of setting before.

The girl who was going to train me was wonderful. Our first day together she basically showed me how the schedule worked, the phones, the files, confidentiality, etc., and it was a small physicians office. I thought that working with Coleen would be just perfect. My second day on the job, Coleen told me she had just given her notice ..... I would be the only person in the office effective my next time in. Holy Batman! ! this was NOT what I expected to do. How could I run the office??

My next day at work, I seemed to be very tense and went through the motions of answering the phone, greeting patients, taking medical information, scheduling appointments, etc. As the day wore on, I kept hearing a voice (not literally) saying over and over that "you can't do this, you'll screw up, you should just leave." And I was contemplating telling the doctor at the end of the day that this would be my last time here.

Fortunately for me, the transcriptionist (one who types all the doctor's medical notes on the patients) saw how worried I seemed to be and said: "Just act like you know what you're doing.", and with just that one sentence, it changed my life and made me a very valuable employee.

Just act like you know what you're doing. Doesn't matter the situation. When you feel like you can't cope or your self confidence is waining..............just do it.

This may help, may not. Just my thought for the day.

~ The Mediator