This rings true for me. I did my undergraduate in commercial music as a piano player which required me to take 2 years of performance practicum with piano perfo

This rings true for me. I did my undergraduate in commercial music as a piano player which required me to take 2 years of performance practicum with piano performance majors. They were leagues better than me and I knew it, but we all had to perform many times in front of everyone each semester on very technical baroque, classical and romantic era pieces. Since I knew I was the most out of my depth, I knew I had nothing to lose by performing in front of much more seasoned pianists. The funny thing is how reluctant the performance majors were to go first. So I always volunteered first and often to practice humility, and as a way of breaking the ice. It gave people confidence to go for it if a relative neophyte was performing and doing okay. It was sometimes embarrassing if I performed poorly, but it made a HUGE difference in helping me to learn what I was doing wrong and to get rid of my fear of failure. I learned my craft a LOT quicker during this time. Fail early and often and learn :)