Struggling at work - looking for tips.

everything written here is good advice....no doubt!. But I was just thinkin, if you are "distracted" by something in your life then your mind is NOT 100% on your work...and that distraction can include the fear of failure on your job! the remarks of others are no help and if there is more than a simple distraction going on then you need to evaluate the impact it is having on your work life. like was suggested take a week off...but instead of going on some elaborate vacation... take some YOU TIME and think about all the things that you think about every day and try to assign a priority to each one.....I am betting somewhere in there is an unresolved issue or a focus point of contention or something that is capable of distracting you from the otherwise competent job that you know you can do!

I know this has happened to me and when I had time to reflect on ME and the things I thought about and did during a day....an issue made itself apparent and it was a legit concern that had blossomed into a definite WORRY!! Turns out I had no idea I was even worried about it until I was talking to a friend and telling him of the dilemma....he said do you realize that you have said this worry thing at least 5 times during our talk??!? I had not and it sure helped with the concentration once I identified what was using up most of my brain to worry about vs using that part of my brain for my work!!

something to think about