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To me, a slow learner is somebody who takes a bit longer to grasp concepts that most people easily get and I like to consider myself as one. And in the Software Engineering space, it can be a deal breaker and lead to giving up on the journey itself. Sometimes people want you to be a genius and easily forget that you aren’t and that geniuses are rare birds. Or should I say they easily forget that they didn’t start just as they are today but it took them sometime to get to where they are.

But we aren’t talking about others, we are talking about you. How you can develop resilience while going through some tough times at work. Here are some steps that I believe might be helpful.

Step one: Remember why you started.

In one of my previous articles, that you can read here🙂, you define why you started and you do that so you get motivated to wake up every morning and face the day no matter what. Because you know why you started in the first place and nobody except you can change that. So take a 5 minutes break, a deep breath, put a smile on your face and voila, you can move on to the next step.

Step two: Remember the efforts it took to get where you are.

You getting a job in today's world is not easy and besides everybody wants to break into tech so it has become highly competitive and yet you got a job so congratulate yourself for that. Trust me, you have come far, very far. Now, take a 5 minutes break, a deep breath, put a smile on your face and voila, ou can move on to the next step.

Step three: Remember where you are heading to.

You will not be a junior forever and you won't even be a senior forever. All I am saying is that you have a plan for your life and you are very much in charge of your destiny. The situation you are facing shall pass too just, follow your plans and stick to it. You have a life after and aside work so use that time to stick to your plans. And no, I am not going to tell you to take 5 mins and deep breath instead, I will ask you to drink a glass of water because these first steps got you all excited to continue the day. Good luck and do not forget to take care of yourself.