This is the most obvious message you have read in your life. and I literally just got off a call with my mentor talking about this. You need to fail more, but not in the way you might expect. ​ See 3 years ago I was studying Fashion design... (it used to be my dream to have my own clothing brand) I went to school, made my parents proud, only to come home and actually learn the things I wanted to, to become an entrepreneur. I posted my designs online. Failed countless times. Only to one day get a message: "Do you do commissions?" Huh? a commission? I made $50 that same day selling graphic designs to a random dude off of the internet. Did I have a successful clothing brand that day? no but I failed enough times to stumble across my first small win. Now ultimately my clothing business only made me a few thousand bucks organically before I moved on to master marketing. But that was the first step. ​ Now for you, you mainly need to fail more. and to do that you need to try more, and get the reps in. Your fear of failure is what is holding you back, when in fact you should be looking for failure. Because failure brings you forward. That is the key that every sucessful person knows and understands. and this can be learned. Don't play victim and blame things on your parents or traumatic childhood. Take life into your own hands and own it, and persevere. Because let me tell you one fucking thing. I believe in you. and you should believe in yourself, and that should be more than enough for you to keep going and keep failing. and the crazy part is. before you even know it the wins start rolling through. Keep posting. Keep showing up. You are closer to your goals than you know. ​ Build your own Reality, Jay