Mark Evans DM explains why failure is essential to success. He uses strength training as an example: you fail at 260-280 pounds on the bench press to eventually hit 300. The key is experimenting, learning what you actually want, and pushing past what you can currently do.
What wakes you up to drive you forward? Is it money? Is it time? Is it both? Is it freedom? What is it? Build something you're proud of? It's okay. You're going to navigate, figure out what you like and don't like. That's part of the process. But you need to fail to do that. If you're not failing, how do you know what you don't like? By the way, if you're not failing, you're definitely not succeeding because you have to fail to succeed. It's like working out. If I'm trying to get £300 on the bench, I have to go to failure at 260, 270, 280 to ultimately get to 300. It's part of the process. I discovery.
