Original Message

If you are a competent and precise VFR pilot you will be able to master the flight portion of IFR flight. Having flown quite a few years in the IFR world i can tell you the challange will be the mental aspects of the IFR world. Obtaining and maintaining the knowledge to safely operate IFR is never ending. When you are IMC there are many times that you just have to own the knowledge of rules and procedures. 

In the VFR world you can often just kind of mush through because you generally have some time to sort things out. The IFR world is not so tolerant of mushing through.  Work on understand the rules, procedures, and charts for IFR operations. Not understang an approach chart has killed many good pilots. 

If others can do it safely, you can do it with the same competence. For my money IFR is the safest way to go, if you know your business.