You walk past the same poster for months, then one day it’s exactly what you needed. The poster didn’t change.

Readiness is half of understanding. The words sat there the whole time, and what changed was that you finally had the problem they answer, which is why advice that bounced off at thirteen can floor you at seventeen. Nothing was wrong with you for missing it the first forty times.

Two things follow. Go back to something that did not land before, a book somebody pushed on you or a thing a coach said, and see whether it reads differently now. And when your own advice bounces off a friend, leave it with them rather than repeating it louder; they may need it in March.