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　　If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weakness．Success or 　　1　　 in your work would depend, to 　　2　　 great extent, 　　3　　 your ability to use your strengths and weakness to the best advantage．　　4　　 the utmost importance is your attitude．A person 　　5　　 begins a job convinced that he isn’t going to like it or is 　　6　　 that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success．On the other hand, a person who is secure 　　7　　 his belief that he is probably as capable 　　8　　 doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt 　　9　　 it possesses a certain strength of purpose．The chances are that he will do well．

　　　　10　　 the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength．Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness．A book keeper who can’t add or a carpenter who can’t cut a straight line with a saw 　　11　　 hopeless cases．

　　This book has been designed to help you capitalize 　　12　　 the strength and overcome the 　　13　　 that you bring to the job of learning．But in group to measure your development, you must first 　　14　　 stock of where you stand now．　　15　　 we get further along in the book, we’ll be 　　16　　 in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening 　　17　　 skills．However, 　　18　　 begin with, you should pause 　　19　　 examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failure in school：your 　　20　　, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits．

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　　I met Connie the day she was admitted to the Hospice Ward(安養(yǎng)院的病房),where I 　　1　　 as a volunteer．Her husband, Bill, stood 　　2　　 nearby as she was removed from the gurney to the hospital bed．Although Connie was in the final stages of her fight 　　3　　 cancer, she was quick-minded and 　　4　　．We got her settled in, and then asked if she needed 　　5　　．

　　“Oh, yes,” she said, “Would you please show me how to use the TV? I 　　6　　 the soaps so much and I don’t want to get 　　7　　 on what’s happening．”Connie was a romantic．She loved soap operas(肥皂劇), romance novels and movies with a good 　　8　　 story．As we became familiar, she confided how 　　9　　 it was to be married 32 years to a man who often called her “a silly woman”．

　　“Oh, I know Bill loves me,” she said, “but he has 　　10　　 been one to say he loves me, or send cards to me．”She 　　11　　 and looked out of the window at the trees in the courtyard．“I’d 　　12　　 anything if he’d say ‘I love you’, but it’s just not in his 　　13　　．”

　　One day, 　　14　　 coffee in the cafeteria, I got him on the 　　15　　 of women and how we need romance in our lives; how we love to get sentimental cards and love letters．

　　“Do you tell Connie you love her?” I asked, and he looked at me 　　16　　 I was crazy．

　　“I don’t have to,” he said．“She knows I 　　17　　!”

　　“I’m sure she knows,” I said, 　　18　　 over and touching his rough, carpenter’s hands, “but she needs to hear it, Bill．She needs to hear what she has 　　19　　 to you all these years．Please think about it．”

　　We walked back to Connie’s room．Bill 　　20　　 inside, and I left to visit another patient．Later, I saw Bill sitting by the bed．He was holding Connie’s hand as she slept．

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　　All kinds of people come in to have their shoes shined．Most of them are friendly．But this man was different．

　　“How much do you make a week, boy?” he asked me．I felt he was 　　1　　 at me．

　　He kept taking a sharp 　　2　　 around every now and then．All the time I kept 　　3　　 where I’d seen his face．Suddenly I knew I’d seen his 　　4　　 in the post office many times．He was a big robber：　　5　　 by the police in three states!

　　“You know,”he was saying,“it’s imagination people lack．You’ll never get 　　6　　 as a shoeshine boy．”

　　I kept brushing away at his shoes as 　　7　　 as I could．The sooner I finished the better．He said,“When I was sixteen, I had 　　8　　 ＄2500 of my own．”

　　That reminded me of something．Was it ＄2500 or ＄5000 or ＄25 000?I wasn’t 　　9　　．I knew a big reward was 　　10　　 for him．What could I do about it?　　11　　 him with a can of shoe polish?A man has 　　12　　 could grind(碾碎)me into the floor．If only someone would come in!

　　He kept talking away,“Along with 　　13　　, it takes courage．The courage to take a chance．Start something on a shoestring．”

　　Suddenly I saw Officer Dailey 　　14　　 across the street．Then, real fast, I began tightening the man’s shoestrings．

　　The policeman was at the window when I cried out,“Officer Dailey, 　　15　　!This man’s a robber．”

　　“　　16　　,” the man shouted angrily．He started to jump off the stand．It didn’t go the 　　17　　 he planned．He fell flat on his face and knocked himself out cold．

　　“That was pretty 　　18　　 of you,” the officer said．“You’ll get a reward of ＄7500 for him．”

　　“Well, it really wasn’t my 　　19　　,” I said．“It was his．He told me if you had courage and imagination you could start something 　　20　　 on a shoestring．”