Don’t wait until they tell you you are ready. The world might say you are not allowed to yet. I waited a long time in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Please, Don’t even bother asking, don't bothering telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it.
Nature doesn’t care about your plans. It will test you, and you have to be ready.
Risk management is the most important thing to be well understood. If you don't have a good risk management system, you are going to blow up.
"Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations."
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.