"This very nice woman left me alone in a room with five Vermeers, " he said.

WSJ: Art's New High-Tech Patrons

"People left me alone, it was fine, " McIlroy said.

CNN: McIlroy happy to be chasing Tiger

The VP of Sales left me alone in that dimly lit conference room, and I fought to stay awake for the next two hours as Ron walked me through the deck in a monotone.

FORBES: Tales From the Sales Vault: The Myth of the Natural Salesperson

But thankfully, all hungry reptiles left me alone.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | 'There Was Method to My Madness'

He should have left me alone.

BBC: Vitali Klitschko (left) and Shannon Briggs

But my inability to identify a role model left me feeling scared and alone, as if I were a study of one.

FORBES: Five Years After A Brain Aneurysm, Fear Of Dying Can't Make Me Quit Living

But if I'm honest with myself, my self-imposed isolation from other moms has left me feeling a little alone in the new-mommy experience.

CNN: A kind of courtship: Finding a mom friend in the big city