Why was it so humiliating？ Because I compared myself to the 10-year-old girl next door who effortlessly surfed the Net to research her term papers while I struggled just to log on. Instead of simply concluding that technical prowess is not one of my strengths， I concluded I must be stupid. It was a lie.
People respect us as much as we respect ourselves. That’s why the absence of self-confidence can telegraph to others not to believe in us.