Hi You sound naturally ambitious but scared of failure because of the perfectionism. This might seem very off-topic but "helping others" seems to have a strange

Hi You sound naturally ambitious but scared of failure because of the perfectionism. This might seem very off-topic but "helping others" seems to have a strange but good effect on this psychological debuff. I am not going to try and explain it, probably something along the lines of realising there are people who are even worse combined with the natural social programming to feel good when you help the group. That combo seems to help overcome fear. Build something because you care about the people who will benefit from it and it will bring them joy. Also consider that maybe the other guy doing it better than you prices it out of the reach of people who need it? Your unique contribution to society is still sorely needed by many, many people.