He reached work fifteen minutes earlier than usual. For fair measure you understand. It doesn't hurt to be on time. Nor does it hurt to try and be good at what you do. What hurts more than these things sometimes is the feeling that you are not doing as well as people would expect you to do.

If you look sincere and impress people and send out the general impression that you are good with something, the expectations can kill. There are those who wouldn't let this faze them and would just go on being themselves. This is very healthy and all that.

Not for most Capricorns though. Although they can take most things without a whimper, it is self-image that screws them up. The very idea that they are failing, that they can fail, is too much to them.