The longer your prerequisite list for success, the lower your odds of achieving it. Most people create these massive checklists of skills, resources, connections, and perfect conditions they think they need before taking the first step. It's a form of socially acceptable procrastination.

Wealth, knowledge, and happiness aren't generated by perfect preparation, they emerge from consistent, iterative action. The most successful people I know started with almost nothing except the willingness to look foolish and learn through direct experience.

Every item you add to your "must-have-before-starting" list is another dependency that can fail, another excuse not to begin. When you start with minimal resources, you're forced to be creative. You develop unique insights that the well-funded miss. Constraints drive innovation. The bootstrapped company often finds product-market fit faster than the one drowning in venture capital.

Remember: specific knowledge, accountability, and leverage don't come from planning, they come from doing. The doing creates the knowing. The journey can help reveal the final destination and a clear vision is your compass so you don’t get lost along the way.