Strong foundations make ambitious additions safer.

Ambition on a weak base produces the kind of failure that takes everything with it. When the foundations are solid, a risky addition can fail on its own without threatening the whole structure, which means you can afford to try things. Stability is not the opposite of ambition. It is what makes ambition survivable.

Before the next big move, look at what it will rest on. Fix the boring, unglamorous parts first, the ones nobody notices until they give way. Then the ambitious thing becomes an experiment rather than a bet on everything.