If you work on enough projects and goals, you will inevitably miss a deadline. It feels terrible. The energy can drain out and it can feel as if you will never achieve what you set out to do. Instead of giving up, though, what if you simply recalibrate, reset, and restart in order to redouble your efforts? What if you garnered more support and focused more sharply on the task at hand? Some goals we let go because their time has come and gone or they never really served our mission. But, if your goal is still in alignment with your mission and you do still have the support of your boss, then what if you took a few deep breathes, drank a glass of water, took a walk, and then hit that restart button on your goal? Sometimes missing a deadline is a delay, not a failure. -- doug smith Leadership Call to Action: Take two minutes to review your top three goals. What are you doing on them today? You'll never do everything, but you can always do what is most important to y...