Finally, applying this cadence can be practical. Organize the year into seasons that deliberately diverge and converge: dedicate one quarter to experiments and mentors, then another to focus and delivery. Product teams already use such cycles—Jake Knapp’s Sprint (2016) and Eric Ries’s The Lean Startup (2011) institutionalize diverge–converge loops—so individuals can do likewise. Schedule "question months" for interviews, prototypes, and reading; set "answer months" for commitments, routines, and deep work. By honoring the alternation, we let time speak in full sentences—and we learn when to listen and when to decide. [...]
