Kit Barber says missed goals aren't failures but data revealing team problems, broken processes, or skill gaps. Fix the gap permanently, verify it's solved, then move on. Leaders who do this build teams that run smoothly in the background, freeing them for strategy.
If you didn't, and this will happen, don't treat it as a failure, just treat it as data. 9 times out of 10, what got in the way was a team issue, someone pulling you into something you should have been able to handle themselves, a process that isn't working, a competency gap that keeps on flipping while resurfacing, and that gap is tomorrow's IGT. So fix it properly, confirm it's done, and it stops pulling you away for good. That's how the team gets better over time, and that's how you get your time back permanently. And then you're going to end up in the optimal state, and this is what you're building towards. It's a team that flows so well in the background that you're free to focus on biggest things— the major contracts, the growth plan, the marketing deal, whatever takes your business to the next level. And that's what you should be spending your time on. At the end of the day, review is what keeps you honest about whether you're going to be getting there.
