A significant failure can be the necessary catalyst for crucial strategic changes, such as hiring key talent or overhauling planning. This externally forced reflection breaks through the leadership hubris that often causes leaders to wrongly believe enthusiasm alone is a strategy.
Regret traps you in a cycle of reliving past mistakes without changing the outcome, similar to how worry focuses on an uncontrollable future. Reflection, however, is an objective debrief of the past to extract lessons, gain clarity, and inform future actions for growth.
Setting an ambitious goal is insufficient. Initial enthusiasm and willpower inevitably fade, leading to "discipline fatigue." Success depends on creating a structured system with daily routines and accountability, as this is the only reliable way to maintain progress when motivation wanes.