we all make mistakes, but if you never try anything new with out some risk,
you can never hope to learn or add skills, most of us learn by, hands on, experience.
and it helps if you watch, and learn from other people success and failures
you can significantly lower the risk by simply finding a knowledgeable mentor ,
(Ideally local) if its a skill that requires manual dexterity, or visual acuity,
that can point out the things you need to to look for,
in how the jobs done and the best tools required.(and what to avoid)
that has already made those mistakes and knows how to avoid most of them,
who might be willing to pass on those experiences and skills
