There is a particular kind of delay that rarely looks like delay. It looks responsible. It sounds like needing more experience, more credentials, more certainty. Most of the time, that is not preparation. It is avoidance.
A lot of capable people delay action because they think they need one more credential before they are allowed to move. Most of the time, credentials are not the thing holding you back.
There is a point where you have enough information to act. Beyond that point, more thinking is not creating clarity. It is delaying the moment when reality gets a vote.
The difference between being stuck and avoiding is everything. One is something that happens to you. The other is something you choose, even when it doesn't feel like a choice.