Your actions' impact on your sense of self worth

I have found that it is often important to untie the connection between your actions and your sense of self worth.  Some days you will do well, some days you won't.  Your performance day to day, while demonstrating your ability, is not the totality of who you are.  Attempting to serve has value in itself, and your service also creates value even if it's only a lesson in "that's not the way to do it."

Don't let your successes fool you either.  It's good to be identified as being successful, however, if you let success form your internal picture of who you are, then failure will also form that internal picture.

Remember, when you see someone else screw up, do not assume they suck because they performed poorly.  As yours, their attempt to serve has value.  If you snicker, wonder, or are critical of the person instead of the behavior, then you when you fail, you will automatically be critical of yourself instead of just your behavior at that time.

Best of luck, and never lose sight of what's important.