If you’re like me, you have expe­ri­enced the frus­tra­tion that comes from com­mit­ting to some­thing, and then miss­ing the dead­line. That “some­thing” could be fin­ish­ing a pre­sen­ta­tion, com­plet­ing a project, writ­ing an overview, or prepar­ing for meeting.

As an Exec­u­tive Coach, I have often observed suc­cess­ful lead­ers deal with the frus­tra­tion that comes from over-committing. It is usu­ally born from a fail­ure to fully assess the amount of time a project will take to complete.

The sce­nario goes some­thing like this:

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