People will give different reasons but there is really only one true reason once you get to the heart of the matter: "You don't trust yourself" All the reasons you see listed in this thread are rationalisations your mind comes up with to trick yourself. When you think of them logically, they are pretty trivial. Through our upbringing, we are taught to listen to others. That our ideas and opinions must be suppressed b…
Children do trust themselves. They trust themselves to survive a three story fall onto concrete. They trust themselves to know that house-hold cleaners are delicious. They trust themselves to survive getting hit by that car.
I don't trust myself to make a profitable business with my current resources. You're right about that. Where I disagree with you is your implication that I should.