Low selfconfidence

From time to time i have a confidence crisis with regard to my own knowledge.I am in such a phase now.Have happened many times before.Started reading the Cisco Press book and watching CBT Nuggets videos for the 642-901 exam a few weeks ago.Could not remember some basic stuff from the CCNA.Trying to say to my self that you have to work with it on a daily basis to get to know every detail.I am just studdying and currently unemployed.Anybody else have these confidence problems or it is just me?

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dynamik

It's definitely not just you. A lot of the material is use-it-or-lose-it, so it will be hard to retain if you're not actively working with it. Take some time off and do something fun. Hit it again once you feel refreshed.

mikej412

Sure.

Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes you're the bug.

And even when you're the windshield -- you've got to remember not to stop on railroad tracks to clean the bugs off.

Grab a beer. Take a break. Then get back to it.

jbaello

Dude your a CCSP you gotta be proud of yourself, I suggest taking a breather, do something fun, like chiks...

Aldur

mikej412 wrote:

Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes you're the bug.

And even when you're the windshield -- you've got to remember not to stop on railroad tracks to clean the bugs off.

Grab a beer. Take a break. Then get back to it.

ahah, this is one of the best analogy's i've ever heard!!

astorrs

Aldur wrote:

mikej412 wrote:

Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes you're the bug.

And even when you're the windshield -- you've got to remember not to stop on railroad tracks to clean the bugs off.

Grab a beer. Take a break. Then get back to it.

ahah, this is one of the best analogy's i've ever heard!!

Yeah that was really good mike.

I'm going to file that one away...

jayman47

Good advice from jbaello.I'm a nerd though and haven't been out on a pub for four years.

snadam

jayman47 wrote:

From time to time i have a confidence crisis with regard to my own knowledge.I am in such a phase now.Have happened many times before.Started reading the Cisco Press book and watching CBT Nuggets videos for the 642-901 exam a few weeks ago.Could not remember some basic stuff from the CCNA.Trying to say to my self that you have to work with it on a daily basis to get to know every detail.I am just studdying and currently unemployed.Anybody else have these confidence problems or it is just me?

All the time. At work, at home, on the boards. My wife has to calm me down sometimes and just let me know I know my stuff...and then she hands me a beer

youre not alone. I try to use that emotion positively and force myself to learn more. Kind of like an "Oh, yea? well watch this!!!" feeling

Darthn3ss

dynamik wrote:

It's definitely not just you. A lot of the material is use-it-or-lose-it, so it will be hard to retain if you're not actively working with it. Take some time off and do something fun. Hit it again once you feel refreshed.

so true

in my summer off i've forgotten a lot of stuff i should know, especially the windows/server based stuff since i have a rack of cisco crap 3 feet from me to play with.

builtin fleshlight

wat

scheistermeister

Darthn3ss wrote:

builtin fleshlight

wat

Exactly... That's just not right...

jayman47

Good to know i'm not alone snadam.I get pissed at myself and want to learn more after a while.I also seek to get confirmation on my knowledge from other people.Often from people that have no knowledge of what i am doing.But sometimes i have no knowledge either.

undomiel

Generally I find it best to look in the mirror each morning and say, "Damn you're good looking! You definitely know your stuff from a horseshoe. I bet the chicks all swoon when you demonstrate your crazy DNS knowledge."

Works a charm.

cacharo

I just take a page out of the Dwight Schrute book of confidence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGlTeKcEUFg

cbigbrick

Every time I think about my self confidence, I think of that episode of Friends where Chandler was trying to stop smoking. He ordered the “Stop Smoking Tapes” and got the tapes for “Improving self confidence of woman” instead. I nearly died when we walked out the bathroom with the towels wrapped around him.

telco1

daily affirmations with Stuart Smalley

"im good enough Im smart enough and dog gone it people like me"!

cacharo

telco1 wrote:

daily affirmations with Stuart Smalley

"im good enough Im smart enough and dog gone it people like me"!

I hope you are not mocking my senator-to-be http://www.alfranken.com/

benbuiltpc

Knowing that a CCSP/MCSE is unemployed lowers my self-confidence

cacharo

Don't worry, he appears to be about 4000 miles away.

jeanathan

Knowing that a CCSP/MCSE is unemployed lowers my self-confidence

I hear that, of course I don't know maybe the situation in norway is differnet than here in the states.

Personally I just passed the CCNA yesterday (640-802) and instead of celebrating I am already freaking out that I might forget something between now and when I have to recertify in 2011

dynamik

jeanathan wrote:

Personally I just passed the CCNA yesterday (640-802) and instead of celebrating I am already freaking out that I might forget something between now and when I have to recertify in 2011

Won't you have your CCNP by then

jeanathan

dynamik wrote:

jeanathan wrote:

Personally I just passed the CCNA yesterday (640-802) and instead of celebrating I am already freaking out that I might forget something between now and when I have to recertify in 2011

Won't you have your CCNP by then

Yes this is true

, but with the exception of being on vacation or few hours here and there, the threat of becoming obsolete exist.

IA-Daigakusei

Jayman47,

You are definitely not alone! I am in college studying and trying to obtain certifications. I study material and then forget some things. I try not to beat myself up too much over it.. but at times I feel that it is useless for me to try to study.. Also, I feel bad at times cause I wonder if I can even get a job even though I'm getting certifications and my degree. I'm changing careers from electronics tech to IT, but I continue to get offers for electronic tech jobs.. I can't seem to break away from it even though I try to word my resume to direct it towards IT.

I'm having problems studying for Cisco certs because I don't have any of the equipment nor experience with it.. I can't really learn it in detail. I don't have server software either so I can't learn the ins and outs of that like I'd like to either.. I don't have the monetary support to buy a few computers for test beds to try things on.. so I feel like when I study I soon lose it cause I don't use it.. and I learn a lot more when I work on it with my hands..

Normally, I stop.. get up and take a breather.. grab a beer and forget about .. then go back later that day or a day later and start hammering away at it..

No, bud, you're not alone.. everyone feels down from time to time.. You keep doing what you're doing though.. It'll pay off!