In his defence, because I like him, he’s very good at slower growth stuff for businesses, finding you the right people for the task, warning you of problems in time to avert them, and things like that.
He’s not a vending machine spirit, more of a string-puller and long-term strategist, but as has been remarked on here before, many people leave things until it’s too late for that kind of thing.
I also want to link an alternative approach to the spirit not delivering that was posted by E.A. a while back: