You will lose everything before you gain everything. Think about that wondering lost sheep Jobs. He lost it all, questioned his reality and God, got beat down harder, until there was nothing left of him. Then there was a transmutation of self, creative charge and then everything falls into his lap.
We are where we say we are, we are who we say we are, we will be where we want to be, it just takes faith in yourself and what you are capable of. What are you really capable of and is the World ready for it?