Divide the year in thirds and you get four months. We're at the start of the last third, and somehow that reads as almost over. You've got a third of 2026 sitting there and you're about to spend it thinking about 2027.

You did not fail to get what you wanted out of that meeting. You walked in without deciding what you wanted, then built the standard afterward out of everything you missed. Four questions to ask before instead of after. Because if you are playing hide and seek, know who you are looking for.