Big Changes

Big changes often look sudden from the outside. But behind every turning point are months - sometimes years - of unseen choices and quiet preparation. What feels like an ending is often the beginning of something long prepared. Trust the unfolding.

This week brought a big shift at the corporate level: A seasoned C-level executive, who has been at the helm for a decade, announced his step down. Employees felt the weight of the news, and the market responded with shock. For a public company, such moments stir speculation, create ripples through stock prices, and leave people wondering what comes next.

I had the privilege of supporting this executive closely. What I've learnt is that a course-changing, life-impacting move never comes from a sudden impulse. Behind the announcement are months - sometimes years - of careful contemplation, sleepless nights of rumination, and the careful laying of groundwork long before the news ever reaches the world. By the time the words are spoken, the decision has already been lived in private, piece by piece.

It made me think about life itself. So often, when something happens - whether a bold change or an unexpected ending - it isn't random. The causes have been quietly germinating, shaping us behind the scenes, until they finally break through to the surface.

And just as powerfully, the reverse is true: What we are cultivating within ourselves today, often without even realizing it, is slowly building toward an outcome that will one day take shape. The seeds are already planted. The culmination will come.

Big changes may seem sudden from the outside, but they are never sudden to the soul that has been carrying them. They are simply the visible arrival of what has long been in motion.

In the face of big changes - whether in business or in life - I remind myself to trust the unseen process. What looks like an ending is often the beginning of something long prepared. We may not always see where the path leads, but life has a way of unfolding exactly as it should.