For the commandments, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet, and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. In order to qualify, the shift must be noticeable or decisive and attributed to a particular cause. Romans 13:8-10 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. Inflection points are more significant than the small day-to-day progress typically made, and the effects of the change are often well known and widespread.īased on mathematical charting models, the inflection point is where the direction of a curve changes in response to an event. ( in business) a time of significant change in a situation a turning point.Īnd again from Investopedia (sorry for quoting the entire thing, but I think all the points are helpful and material):Īn inflection point is an event that results in a significant change in the progress of a company, industry, sector, economy or geopolitical situation and can be considered a turning point after which a dramatic change, with either positive or negative results, is expected to result.Ĭompanies, industries, sectors and economies are dynamic and constantly evolving. One notch up, then, is an Inflection pointĪ point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs. That job was a major turning point in her career.īut as this phrase is used regularly, perhaps it's not dramatic or impactful enough for your needs. Winning that game was the turning point of the team's season.Note that a watershed can be good or bad, both in the causal event and in consequences.Ī point at which a significant change occurs was a watershed for George afterward, his life would never be the same. Would especially make sense if the event "that happened" was not of George's choosing or possibly if George did not foresee the consequences. Thus the metaphor is very similar to a crossroads or fork in the road, but perhaps with less implication of a choice of path (the water doesn't choose which way to go, just like "history" didn't choose in the example above).Īfter that happened George's life would never be the same he'd reached a watershed. The origin of its figurative usage appears to be from the geological term, where a ridge or other geological feature separates flowing water into different drainage systems. The discovery of penicillin was a watershed in the history of medicine. Perhaps your life is already just how you like it if that’s the case, you are to be congratulated. And then comes the difficult task of changing your life so that it is what you want it to be. You then have to dare to imagine that it can come true. an event or period that is important because it represents a big change and the start of new developments: You first have to dare to ask yourself these questions. The term watershed is often used for this.