There are lots of cool things about little kids. I'm talking about you (and I guess everyone) before the age of 5 or 6 or so. One thing you notice when you watch little kids is that everything they do, they do all out. If a little kid is throwing sand, they are going to get sand all over. When they are eating cake, they are usually going eat it by the handful. When they are angry or sad you are going to know about it, and if they like you, you will know that too.
Somewhere along the line we all seem to learn to hang back. Going all out might get us in trouble, or teased or laughed at. We might piss-off somebody else, or get yelled at. Even worse, we imagine the disappointment we might have in ourselves if we can't do what we want to do.
While I am pretty sure I don't want to live in a world run by 5 year olds (though sometimes it seems like we do), there is something we once knew that should be remembered.
When you really want something, and you have decided to go for it, don't hold back.
Being Tentative or half-assed out of a fear of failing makes it more likely you won't succeed. And So what if you do try and then still fail at something? You can usually try again, this time with a better idea of what it will take. Failing isn't so bad - at least it means you tried. The only way to learn anything new is to try and fail and then try again and again.
If you decide to do anything of importance (study for test, try to meet new friends, make it to the finals or nationals or whatever) and you don't invest your energy and effort in that thing, you are only short-changing yourself.
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