Timing turns a small move into a decisive one. Push too early and resistance organizes. Push too late and the window closes.
Study rhythm. Notice when people are tired, distracted, celebrating, divided. Defenses soften then. When people feel threatened or united, they harden. Patience is not passivity. It is control of tempo.
Manage your impatience. Acting from urgency reveals anxiety and invites exploitation. Waiting can build leverage, especially when others are rushing. Let them expose themselves, commit prematurely, or grow tired. Then your move lands with less friction.
The right moment makes your action look inevitable, and inevitability reduces the desire to fight. Many conflicts are lost not because the idea is wrong, but because the timing is crude.
Master timing and you win with less force. You learn when to press, when to pause, when to vanish, when to return. Strategy is often nothing more than good timing repeated. The same action can fail on Monday and triumph on Friday. The difference is the room.