Salads: My Achilles Heel

I always enjoy salads - I just have no skills where they're concerned. It's the only possible explanation for why I am always disappointed with the results of my salad-making attempts. Could it be that they always look better than they are? For everyone? Are they really just plain marginal?
You see, I don't believe they are. I know I've eaten delicious salads in my life, the only difference was that I didn't make them. Maybe salads are like white shoes. They look great - on everyone else. The minute I put them on - they look ridiculous. Why is that?
Therefore, I've decided that it must both possible and achievable to make a highly enjoyable salad and have it be just as tasty as it is pretty. I'm going to try - again and again if necessary.