That&#x27;s too simple. The statement is not nuanced enough and it is unfortunately only a necessary condition. This type of advice gave me a hard time for a couple of years -- when I was rather clueless and young.<p>It&#x27;s not a sufficient condition: I don&#x27;t need make-up, yet the best time searching for it is never.<p>It&#x27;s not a nuanced statement: I don&#x27;t need a car now. Even if I could get a cheap car, it would be extra baggage and a distraction. I don&#x27;t need it.<p>It&#x27;s not that your advice is nonsense, I never said that ;)<p>Research on the poor shows that because they need money, they get stressed. I think the same applies for: funding, a job and a partner. It adds stress, which in turn, lowers one&#x27;s decision ability. I presume you were hinting at this.<p>But then the statement doesn&#x27;t become: &quot;the best time to search for x is when you don&#x27;t need it.&quot; It should be: &quot;the best time to search for x is when you don&#x27;t need it right now.&quot; Perhaps still a bit unnuanced -- improvements are welcome -- but your examples (funding, job and partner) implies that you&#x27;d need it at a later stage. Or perhaps better said, that is when it gets interesting. I probably can find the best make-up deal in town, because I don&#x27;t need it. I also couldn&#x27;t care less.<p>Additions and changes are welcome.