Most automations fail because they save time nobody felt.
I use a simple check before I build anything.
Dream outcome. What does the client really want?
Likelihood. Will this actually work every time?
Time delay. How fast does it pay off?
Effort. How much work does it take to run it?
High dream outcome and high likelihood, fast payoff, low effort. That is a build.
Low on any one of those, skip it or fix it first.
It comes from Alex Hormozi and his value equation.
What automation passed this check for you lately?
And what automation looked good but failed it?