I want to compliment myself with you, Lord Antares, there was quite the need for an introduction to the confident way of mind. 
I can report my experience followed the path he just described. I was putting a lot of effort in LD’ing back then, but I was just an average LD’er, having short, uneventful LD’s every 2-3 nights or so, and I wasn’t happy with that, but somehow I didn’t really “know” how to get better. Or to better put it, I didn’t really want to learn how to, something was holding me back.
There was a simple thing that unblocked me, and that was reading the experiences of dreamers that were much better than I was. Reading of their amazing adventures they had (and most still experience to day), almost every single night, was like an epiphany for me, knowing there was people who lucid dreamt with such ease and frequency, meant my efforts to LD more were in the right direction, one of the most "right"s I had ever chosen in my life, at that; and myself, I could get as far in this as they did, if not more. I knew by then, there was a wide open road in front of myself to cross, and I would only have to start walking.
Simply accepting the possibility that I could become a proficient Dreamer has brought me to progressively think like a successfull one, and build confidence on top of itself and its successes, in an onward spiral. It was all fine and dandy, because I knew my feats were nothing extraordinary, and there was, and will always be, people who are a lot better at this than I did. That freed me from all the weight on my shoulders, the voice that kept telling me such stuff is simply not possible. I discarded it, and just kept going. It was the natural thing to do.
I started a challenge with myself, to become better at this every day, where every experience would be a success as long as I learned something from it. Non-conscious dreams can be interpreted; short LD’s can show you where you have to work in order to control yourself and manage your emoctions. Any part of the day can be used to be lucid and improve your skills and confidence.
There is always something to work on, and you have got all the tools you’ll ever need from the start, you only need to believe you do, and get going.
If something doesn’t work, just ask yourself why, and give an honest answer. That is all that’s required to solve that problem, really.
He who knows himself and his enemy will win every single one of a thousand battles, but there isn’t even an enemy in here. Not even your SC. You only have to convince yourself you can do this, and put things in motion. The rest will come, I can assure you.
Believe in yourself, and you will get as far as you’ll like, in the time period you desire. Just be sure to aim big 
If you want some big DJ to read from, you can read from Writerscube, Wyvern, Pedro, relv, and a lot others you can find in the archives.
There’s more out there, at the present day I 'm reading from WakingNomad, RavenKnight, Man of Shred and WarriorTiger’s DJ on DreamViews, and their amazing shared adventures. A good look is reccomended before bed, it can work better than a hundred inductions.
With all my wishes to all of you for a successfull lucid carreer. 