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Shame

Embarrassment is not a side effect of beginning. It is the admission price.

Every skill has a beginner phase that looks uncertain from the outside. Most people never start because they cannot tolerate that phase. The embarrassment is not a sign that you do not belong. It is proof that you are somewhere new. Nobody who became graceful at anything skipped the part where they looked like they had no idea what they were doing. The willingness to look like a beginner is not humility. It is the only strategy that works.