One of the really frustrating corporatisms that I actually find myself wanting to use is “cadence.” Literally it refers to how often a regular meeting takes place, but spiritually it has something to do with rhythm, with rest, with many responsibilities arrange themselves into a pattern.
Another term I like, a double header military-to-nonprofit expression, is “mission creep.” That refers to the slow broadening of ambitions. Yesterday you set out to give hankies to the hankiless, and now you won’t rest until the common cold is eradicated. Cf. power creep and the Sorting Algorithm of Evil, what I lovingly refer to as “Naruto fights Madara on the moon.” (It’s actually Toneri, but I don’t know who that is.)
The opposite problem is nameless, as far as I know: When you wait just a little too long to bring an idea to fruition, and wait just long enough for it to fester. Extreme episodes lead to the total abandonment of the mission.
How do we stop the rot? Hank Green incepted the answer into my mind a looong time ago, and I still think about it often. The answer is to stop when you’re 80% done.