I had a teacher that used to say: if you don't (dare to) ask, you are already said no. This is the same with trying and success. Though, going forward is also

I had a teacher that used to say: if you don't (dare to) ask, you are already said no. This is the same with trying and success. Though, going forward is also a chance of taking the route of another failure. As for me, I failed once, after investing massive free time in a web project for 1 year. I built it, they didn't come. I recently decided to start over with friends on a smaller project that values manually added content over technical execution and design. What gets me to work is: 1/ going forward is fun, 2/ not doing anything doesn't make things get any better.