How to not be afraid to make a change?

I feel like I'm at a crossroads. I got the job I worked years to earn. My family is not well off, I have no inheritance, I go to a non-target, and somehow got an EB job in NYC

I am grateful, don't get me wrong. But I want to do more with my life. I want to go be an entrepreneur. I have ideas, and the work ethic / discipline to pour my soul into them. The only quality I don't have is the courage to do it...to give up this job, this career, the security, etc. 

I don't know what to do. I think I am going to do at least my two year analyst stint, but I worry that once I start, leaving will become so much more difficult. The complacency I have now, because of the income, opportunities, etc, act as handcuffs for me to go pursue building my own business and brand.

What should I do? How do I approach this impossible question? 

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