I see the change coming — should I leave before it lands?
Here is what it looks like. The meeting gets moved twice. Your manager stops looping you in. The budget line disappears before anyone announces anything. You see it all, and you start drafting your exit before the ink is dry. This is not weakness. Reading weak signals fast is rare. But fast reading can become fast leaving — you quit the role, the team, the project, before you test whether what you saw is the whole truth. The question is not whether to trust your eyes. It is whether you looked long enough. You can see a storm coming and still misjudge how much time is left, or how much is still worth saving before it hits.
Reading signals early is real skill. It becomes a flaw when you treat the signal as the whole story. Before you move, write down what you actually saw — not what you assumed. Name what still works, still gives you something. Then choose: leave with clear eyes, not with a guess dressed as certainty.
What changes unlock by starting
- You'll know if you're leaving something dying or something still alive.
- You'll have evidence behind your move, not just a feeling dressed up as insight.
- You'll stop half-leaving — checked out at work while still collecting a paycheck.
- You'll move on purpose, or stay on purpose. Either way, you'll choose it awake.