Yank the line too early and the fish is gone. Feel for the real bite.

Acting on the first sign of something is usually acting on noise. There is a difference between movement and commitment, and reading it correctly requires patience with the ambiguous part, which is the uncomfortable stretch where you do not yet know if anything is happening. Early reaction does not just fail. It ends the opportunity.

Where you are prone to grabbing early, build in one beat of waiting. The job that might be interested, the person who might be, the idea that might be working. Wait for the second signal before you pull. If it is real, it will come again.