A step towards what you fear is a mile towards mastering it.
Champions realise that defeat - and learning from it even more than from winning - is part of the path to mastery.
To become a master at any skill, it takes the total effort of your: heart, mind, and soul working together in tandem.
I would more appropriately define mastery as the technical ability possible within the constraints of your particular existence.
Patience, my friend; Once again, I say, Patience. In an era 'plagued' with speed, doggedness of character and drudgery of persistence is the only guarantee to mastery.
The Advanced Level is Mastery of the Basics