If by motivational speaking you mean pussyfooting and obscuring the truth so as not to hurt tender feelings, I've considered it and rejected the idea out of hand
Yes, there's a lot to learn. Start by learning the basics though, don't make the (common) mistake of immediately jumping into the deep end and trying to build a full blown midsized or larger application.
Start small, simple things to test out different language constructs.
Once you get a feel for the syntax and language constructs (which though some may look similar to C++ have a tendency to work just differently enough to put you off guard if you lack experience) you can go think of bigger things. But keep going slowly.
You will find that many experienced programmers will create small standalone programs to test out and experiment with things they intent to use in larger programs.
Makes it a lot easier to get to grips with a concept, and less time lost if you find out it doesn't work in a 20 line application than a 2000 line one
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