With the US military ultimately losing in Afghanistan it really emphasized a lesson a lot more groups need to take to heart. There is significant power in admitting you are losing. Failing to do so leads you to think everything is going great until you've lost. If you want to be the side that wins, be the side that's quickest to admit when you aren't performing that well. Or that your tactics/methods/strategy doesn't work. You can't be too quick at it because it's important to be quicker at it than your enemy. We aren't performing well. In what areas specifically are we not performing well? What specifically is causing it? How do we fix it? You should be running that loop constantly.