When I moved to San Francisco from Atlanta ~ 5 years ago, I sold everything and only had 2 months of savings in the bank in case things didn’t work out. Moved to an Airbnb for the first 2 months. Had no friends in a brand new city across the country. It was scary. I started from the bottom in tech sales; I was a couple of years older than my coworkers. Many of them were more talented, went to better universities, had a stronger business acumen, and more executive presence than I did. It was intimidating. San Francisco is highly competitive, so my only option was to have growth mindset, work as hard as I could, and learn from the best. For the first couple of years I worked harder than smarter. I would try to observe what the best did and try to mirror them. Many times I would just crash against a wall, but I kept trying. Eventually I also became competitive and throughout the years I have been able to join leaderboards and even mentor others. However, the growth mindset and hunger for learning and becoming better never stops. There is always someone better than you and that’s a good motivator to level up. Don’t be insecure about it. Become friends with people better than you and level up.