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Research suggests that this is particularly true for women in environments that emphasize individual performance or when women are working closely with men.
研究顯示，在強調個人表現或男女緊密合作的環境中，這點尤其明顯。
One reason women avoid stretch assignments and new challenges is that they worry too much about whether they currently have the skills they need for a new role.
女性回避拓展性工作、不愿擔任領導者角色的另一個原因是，她們過于擔心自己不具備承擔新任務所需要的技能。
This can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, since so many abilities are acquired on the job.
這完全可能成為一種自我實現的預言，因為任何工作都需要一定的能力。
An internal report at Hewlett-Packard revealed that women only apply for open jobs if they think they meet 100 percent of the criteria listed.
惠普公司內部的一項報告揭示，女性只有在認為自己100%符合條件的時候才會公開申請職位，
Men apply if they think they meet 60 percent of the requirements.
但男性只要覺得自己有60%的條件符合就會對工作邀約做出回應。
This difference has a huge ripple effect.
這個差異產生了巨大的連鎖反應。
Women need to shift from thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that — and I'll learn by doing it."
女性需要轉變思路，不要總說“我還沒準備好”，而要去想“我想做，而且我可以邊做邊學”。
My first day at work at the World Bank, Larry Summers asked me to perform some calculations.
我在世界銀行工作的第一天，拉里·薩默斯讓我做一些數據運算。
I was at a loss on how to proceed, so I turned to Lant Pritchett for help.
我茫然失措，不知道從何下手，于是去找蘭特·普里切特幫忙。
"Just put it into Lotus 1-2-3," he advised.
他的建議是：“把數據輸進Lotus 1-2-3（一款著名的辦公軟件）就可以了。”
I told him that I didn't know how to do that.
我告訴他就連這我也不知道該怎么操。
"Wow," he exclaimed. "I can't believe you've gotten this far, or even how you can understand basic economics, without knowing how to use Lotus."
“哇噢！”他大聲叫道，“不會用Lotus軟件！真不知道你是怎么走到今天的！你是怎么學習基礎經濟學的？”
I went home convinced that I was going to get fired.
聽完這話，我認為自己馬上就要被解雇了。
The next day, Lant sat me down. My heart was pounding.
第二天，蘭特找我談話，我緊張得要命。
But instead of firing me, he taught me how to use the program. That's a great boss.
當然他沒有解雇我，而是手把手教我怎么使用這個軟件。他的確是位很棒的老板。
