A young Walt Disney once told his family he was going to make a living as a cartoonist. He told them at a time when cartooning was almost unheard of and appeared only in newspapers as editorial illustrations. Motion pictures were still silent at the time and there were no animated cartoons shown in movie houses. His father asked him "how are you going to do that?" to which Disney replied "I don't know". History goes on to show that he not only made a living as a cartoonist but he radically changed the entertainment industry and created a pan generational empire.
Another story: When President Kennedy set a goal for America to walk on the moon before 1970, America had spent a total of only 15 minutes in space and we hadn't even put a man in earth orbit yet. Many thought it impossible. The technology for going to the moon didn't exist, we had no plan on how to do it and there was Kennedy saying we're going to get there and be the first to do so. Not only was the goal reached but we to this day are the only nation to do so and it propelled the USA into a leadership role of manned spaceflight.
Two good, real life stories about doing something no one in their right minds would do. We have to know what we want but you don't always have to know how to do it. Just start it.
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