When you’re reviewing how your business performed over the previous year, make sure you have a system in place for ensuring your judgement is a useful one.

Comparing your business with an abstract, hazily defined notion of how you’d prefer things to be doesn’t help you derive learnings you can put into action.

Instead, look at two primary comparisons: compare with the targets you set for yourself at the outset of the year (or at the beginning of the project you’re reviewing).

Leave yourself room to react to surprises and take advantage of opportunities: it might be advantageous to delay or accelerate a product launch, for example, to avoid sharing a launch window with a competitor.

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