Successful people don't believe in scarcity, they believe in abundance.
You don't want to bother them and you're scared they won't want to help, so you decide not to contact them.
The successful person may still have those fears, but they contact the person anyway because it could help their dream.
See where I'm going with this?
Let's play this out: Let's say you're hanging out with Nancy and Nancy says to you, "That dream you're trying to go after is really hard.