我在20多岁的时候，开始了第一份与商业相关的工作（在做了几年的研发工程师之后），我感到非常紧张和害怕。信心？一点也没有！我知道有很多事情我不知道也不会做。我也知道，自信是建立在成就、职业能力、和专业知识之上的。所有这些都需要时间来发展和获取。

所以，作为一名新手，与其去关注那些我不知道也不能做的事情，我更愿意把我最好的一面展现给我的团队和那些更有经验的同事们。那就是我积极的态度。我愿意学习，参与并支持他们的成功。  

有意思的是，我立刻成为了同事们喜欢帮助和指导的人。他们愿意跟我讲解并分享他们的专业知识。他们都知道我对于公司和这个职位来说是新人，没有经验。他们想要我做的只是，帮助团队取得成功，这也包括他们的成功。  

顺便说一句，如果你是职场新人，不要把自己和那些比你经验丰富的人比较。把他们当作你以后想成为的榜样和标杆！但是不要直接将你自己和他们比较。就像这个问题里说的，你的同事已经工作了一段时间。当然，他们能把大部分事情做得比你好。所以，没有必要再给自己施加额外的压力，逼自己现在就像他们一样。  

对我来说，我当时的职位和角色，能做到的就是努力做到最好，时刻保持积极的态度。从我作为一名新人的经验来看，你的同事会认可并支持你想要把自己工作做好的意愿。这样，在新的工作环境中，你会更加放松，更加自信。

When I was in my 20s and began my first corporate job (after several years as an R&D engineer), I was nervous and scared. Confident? No! I knew there were many things that I did not know and could not do yet. I also knew that confidence is built on achievements. On being good at what you do. And on having capabilities and expertise that is highly regarded by others. All these would take time for me to develop and acquire.

So to not be overwhelmed by what I didn’t know and couldn’t do, I focused instead on delivering the best thing I could offer as a newbie to the team and to my more experienced colleagues. That was a great attitude. Or my willingness to learn, get involved, and support their success.

Interestingly, I instantly became someone that my colleagues liked to teach and mentor. Someone that they were willing to explain things to and share their expertise with. They all knew that I was inexperienced and new to the company and my position. All they wanted from me was to help the team be successful, which included their success too.

By the way, if you’re a newbie in the workplace, don’t compare yourself to those who are more experienced than you. View them as role models and benchmarks for what you want to become someday. Absolutely! But don’t make direct comparisons between yourself and them. Like this question says, your colleagues have been working for a while already. Of course, they can do most things much better than you. So no need to put any additional pressure on yourself to be like them yet.

For me, I just delivered what my colleagues needed most from me for my position level and role, which were a positive attitude and my very best effort. From my experience as a newbie once, your colleagues will recognize and support your sincere desire to do your job well. And you’ll be more relaxed and more confident within your new work situation.