Do you have a dog? Then you will most likely have trained him (or her) to sit, stand, lie down, ring for an ambulance, use a cash point; that kind of thing. Just joking on the last two (actually I’m not entirely, google Endal the labrador). Not now! After you’ve read this!
Anyway the point is: no you haven’t. Your pooch is perfectly capable of sitting, coming when called and walking to heel, all you did is put a command to the action. And it’s exactly the same with most of the things we do, we all have the capability to lose fat, get fit, learn a language, some more so than others but you never know until you try. It’s too easy to stay in a comfort zone rather than trying something new. Afraid to fail, afraid of what people will think. Generally they won’t.
Most people who are learning to speak a new language get stuck on actually speaking. They worry about getting the accent wrong or fluffing words or grammar, when in fact no-one cares, they are just pleased you are trying (so long as you are at least comprehensible, even then you are at least making an effort).
How about skiing or climbing. Getting it wrong could be dangerous rather than just embarrassing but that’s why you should get a good teacher. Everyone has to start somewhere.
Sir Chris Hoy presumably had stabilisers on his first bike,
At one time Michael Phelps could’t swim, Stephen Hawking couldn’t add up and William Wordsworth couldn’t spell.
Have a great weekend
Paul