I was so afraid of meeting strangers-so terrified in their presence-that in one space of two weeks I lost out on three different jobs simply because I didn't have the courage to tell those three different prospective employers what I knew I could do.

我非常害怕见到陌生人——他们在场时非常害怕——以至于在两周的时间里我失去了三份不同的工作，仅仅是因为我没有勇气告诉这三位不同的未来雇主我知道我能做什么.