Don’t worry about perfect.

The easiest way to fail the first time is trying to be perfect. In the beginning, understanding how different the experience is from how you imagined it is important.  Start with reasonable expectations and over time shift to unreasonable expectations.

Seeing others do it.

At the beginning you believe you will be successful. After your expectations for success are not met, your belief fades. Surround yourself with as many people who are successful.  Seeing is believing. You will begin to notice some of the little things that they doing.  The difference between good and great, I have found, is in those little things.

Visualization.

The mind cannot distinguish between doing and thinking. This will give you a chance to gain some experience without doing.  As I said above, there is going to be a gap in how you thought the environment is and how it actually is.  It is the cartoon effect. In the beginning, this exercise will be close to useless.  Keep doing it.

Ego.

Ego does not work well in situations where temporary set backs are inevitable.  Get over yourself and do it now.  Ego should be used like salt, in moderation.

Just a moment in time.

Chances are if you fail, you will have another chance. In that moment, it is near impossible to have that perspective.  You have a choice in how you define failure.  You also have a choice in what you do with that failure.  You have a choice, make the right one.