How do you tell the difference between quitting too early and staying too long?

It's very hard and it's going to be different for every individual.

I personally am a big pro-con list writer.

So I do like to sit down and just fact gather whatever that looks like for you.

But fact gather books.

But for me personally, I will find that I will stay sometimes too long because the humans around me, I adore them and I wanna be with them and continue to build with them.

But pausing to look at the facts and figure out, am I still aligned with the mission, with the vision, with the customers we're serving, with the product direction? And if the answer is not yes, then it paints a picture for me that, okay, I might not be the right leader for this next phase.

What finally changed that belief for you and what do you want it to change for the reader who feels like an outsider at their workplace right now?