To echo the above response, try this thread- it sounds to me like your timeline and expectation of it could be part of the issue. Not knowing what needs to move to make it happen, (how many things does the spirit have to do to cause your result?) over worrying about what you didn’t do right… is the target even receptive or do they have some protection? If it’s manipulation and totally against their will- is your will greater than theirs? Were you so specific there’s no way it can happen?
All of those can hurt magic sometimes imop.