As Mercury stations direct, the digressions, diversions, and loop-de-loops of a long-range plan start to untangle. Now that you’ve learned exactly what’s not working, it’s time to realign with your core mission. We can’t stay in side-quest land forever, after all. What north star is your epic undertaking oriented toward, and how would you summarize it in an elevator pitch? Sometimes it can help to have an impartial observer relay your plan back to you — so rally your flies on the wall. Their buzz may surprise you.