“As Posidonius said, ‘In a single day there lies open to men of learning more than there ever does to the unenlightened in the longest of lifetimes.’" -Seneca

Many are familiar with the adage, the only constant is change. What we once knew shape-shifts into the unfamiliar, to then inevitably, by way of exposure, become familiar again. And so the cycle of life goes. We tend to view and experience change from the reactive position, pivoting (oft-painfully) only when called for. An organizational restructure, a new environment, an ended relationship—whatever form the change takes, our instinct to survive enables us to adapt accordingly. This innate ability to respond to changing circumstances, conjuring all creative forces of will as needed, is one of our most tremendous qualities as humans. Jarred for a time we may be, an underlying will to survive eventually surfaces, enabling the response necessary. It’s precisely this innateness that makes responding to change not so much novel as it is expected, as survival requires that we respond to change in some measure of a productive manner. And so, if responding to change is the default operating mechanism in the self-preserving individual, the less-emphasized counterpart is the anticipation of change.