Reality is the only place you can deal from. If you're still worrying about the way things should be, you haven't even approached the starting line.
Failure may be just a step toward your eventual goal.
In the end, raising money is basically a matter of going out there and asking. There are no shortcuts.
I don't wase time thinking, 'Am I doing it right?' I say, 'Am I doing it?'
Just because you made a mistake doesn't mean you are a mistake.
To create the life you deserve, you have to go after it. The universe that you inhabit flows from you - you don't flow from it.