Some clocks tick on walls; others tick quietly inside opportunities.

Some deadlines are visible and some run silently inside situations: a window that is quietly closing, a person’s availability, a moment in a market or a relationship. Those are the ones people miss, because nothing counts down and no alarm sounds. By the time the closure is obvious, it has already happened. Noticing them early is most of the skill.

Ask which of your current opportunities has a clock inside it that nobody is showing you. Health, someone’s age, a role that will not stay open. Give those priority over the things that will still be there next year.