Your intuition will speak to you in many different languages. Listen to learn.

It is said that change is the only constant in life⏤the only thing, except for death, that you can absolutely count on. No matter how perfectly you’ve dialed in every aspect of your life, change is inevitable, and it will most surely pass through and rearrange the pieces on the chessboard, time and again. Whether change is wanted or unwanted, greeted warmly or resented deeply, it is as inevitable as the passing of time. If comfort with uncertainty is a superpower, then comfort with change is most certainly one, too.

Some change simply unfolds in your life, and you are just a witness to it, but change can also be created through your own deliberate action. If some change is simply yielded to, and some is manifested through direct action, then you clearly hold at least some power to remake the areas of your life that are unacceptable to you. But how, exactly, do you know when the time is right to make a change?

Albert Einstein once said that every problem contains the seed to its own solution. Turning to nature, it is clear that a careful observer can always see change before a casual observer can. One person wakes up to find that it has become Fall virtually overnight. Another person has watched it unfold slowly, one season yielding to another over time. They have noticed the first few scattered leaves on the ground, the first few fallen acorns, the single degree change in the morning temperatures. So it is with all change. If you train yourself to watch for the signs all around you, you will know when the time is right for a change that has been brewing. Everywhere you go, you are greeted by signs and symbols, words in the wordless language that you share with nature. If you listen carefully, observe carefully, and watch for the signs, you can feel change brewing in real time, forming like a cloud, and moving toward you.

A common situation which serves as an excellent example is as follows: In your heart and in your mind you have been carrying around the question, “Is it finally time to leave my job?” If the answer isn’t entirely clear to you, ask yourself if you have been a careful observer. Are you looking for the signs, the dropped acorns which indicate a changing season? If an apple tree bore bad fruit, you would know that it was sick, because a healthy tree will not bear unhealthy fruit. The easiest sign to look for is the quality of the relationships and outcomes⏤the fruit⏤that your workplace produces. Is it chaotic, volatile, disorganized? Are misunderstandings, power struggles, and strained communications common? Do people talk (and work) over each other? Do the talented and the skilled leave quickly, and regularly, for greener pastures? If yes, then the answer is clear, and the signs have spoken.

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