course-correct
Fix your trajectory
Course-correct is to adjust direction or strategy after recognizing you've gone off track.
The term comes from navigation—ships and aircraft course-correct when they drift from their intended path.
In broader use, it applies to any mid-process adjustment: The company had to course-correct after poor quarterly results.
Often appears as a noun: a necessary course correction.
Compute a second time
- rerouteSend a different way
- adjustChange to fit better
- redirectSend in new direction
- realignRestore to correct arrangement
steer · reorient · GPS · waypoint · bearing · heading · detour · compass
Point of rotation
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
- realignRestore to correct arrangement
reposition · overhaul · rebrand · refocus · quarterly · stakeholder · metrics · KPI
Enhancing oneself deliberately
- habitsRegular repeated behaviors
- mindsetEstablished mental attitude
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- reflectionReturned light or thought
accountability · mentor · goals · lifestyle · priorities · boundaries · self-awareness · growth
Improve by correcting faults
- policyAdopted principle of action
- bipartisanInvolving both major parties
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
accountability · legislation · midterm · mandate · reversal · amendment · compromise · regulation
recalculate
Compute a second time
realign · steer · reorient · GPS · waypoint · bearing · heading · detour · compass · trajectory
pivot
Point of rotation
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
realign · reposition · overhaul · rebrand · refocus · quarterly · stakeholder · metrics · KPI · roadmap
self-improvement
Enhancing oneself deliberately
reflection · accountability · mentor · goals · lifestyle · priorities · boundaries · self-awareness · growth · introspection
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- policyAdopted principle of action
- bipartisanInvolving both major parties
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
oversight · accountability · legislation · midterm · mandate · reversal · amendment · compromise · regulation · agenda
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- motivational phrasesdream big, try harder, no excuses, overcome, improve
course-correctstay the course
Continue despite difficulties
double down · dig in · plow ahead · press on regardless · hold steady
course, correct, incorrect, correction, courses, corrected, correcting, curriculum, discourse