I get to talk to a lot of people who go from pretty average to extraordinary in like a few months, and what I noticed is that it’s rarely about talent. Its basically two other things.
The first is they are just willing to look stupid. That fear of posting something and having it flop never really goes away, even the people you look up to still feel it, they just dont let it stop them anymore. They post the messy video, they pitch half ready ideas, they apply for stuff they are underqualified for. nobody is watching you as closely as you think. Your bad post is a non event to everyone except you and in a week you wont even remember it.
The second is they fail fast and they fail a lot. Every single one of them has a long list of stuff that didnt work before the thing that finally did, and they dont see a flop as some verdict on them, its just info. A failed attempt is just a rep. It tells you what to fix, and the quicker you go try, see what happens, adjust, the quicker you land on the thing that actually works. The people who stay stuck are usually the ones trying to make it perfect in their head before they ever test it in real life (this was me not too long ago lol).
I felt this hard with my own content. Most of the stuff I posted in the beginning went nowhere, and the videos that actually blew up only happened because the dead ones taught me what people cared about. None of that was wasted, that was just me paying to learn what works. And if you actually think about it the whole thing is a pretty good bet. If you try something and it flops the downside is small and it goes away fast, just a bit of awkwardness for a couple days. But if it works it can change your whole life. So not trying is the riskier move.
So if you take one thing from this just pick the thing you have been putting off because it might not work, and start it before you feel ready. Put it out there even if its messy, because done and a bit embarrassing beats perfect and never posted every time. After each try just ask yourself what it taught you and what the next one is, then move on quick. Count how many attempts you take, not how many you win. Stop trying to protect yourself from failing and just start collecting it on purpose. Once you stop being scared of looking stupid failing kind of just becomes the entry fee, and you get where you want to go way faster than everyone still waiting to feel ready.
Have a great week,
Chris