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Has low self-confidence ever kept you from love, success or sharing your talents?

Around 10 years ago, I found a guy on Facebook I really liked, I thought he was a 10 out of 10, but I decided he would not be interested in somebody basic and plain like me and did not bother to message him or add him as a friend.

2 years later, his social media said he was in a romantic relationship with a woman, and I noticed she was far less beautiful then me, and less conservative than me as well. If I had more confidence, I might have been able to date that gorgeous guy that I thought I had no chance all those years ago due to being average looking.

As well I was afraid to publish or share my writing thinking I was not talented enough to get high ratings, but when I read the books other famous people wrote, I realized, I was at least 30-40% more talented than these writers who are earning more money then me. The only difference is they are highly confident with their inferior skills, and I have low confidence with my comparatively much better book writing skills.

I also considered a different genre of writing and was very insecure about my poor writing skills, but when I see the ones who have succeeded in selling books in that particular category, I realize I am around 4-20 times more talented then them. It's just they are highly confident about their basic and unimpressive skills, and I have low confidence in my advanced and highly impressive writing skills.

Has low self-confidence ever kept you from love, success or sharing your talents?
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