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I am a goal setter and I set more goals everyday. I keep lists of goals in my office to stay on track.

Recast your current problems into proactive goals.

I make lists to keep my anxiety level down. If I write down 15 things to be done, I lose that vague, nagging sense that there are an overwhelming number of things to be done, all of which are on the brink of being forgotten.

I think my tendency when working is to try and find what's lacking in my current project and then tackle that in whatever I do next.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

I constantly make lists and itineraries and then can't stick to any of them.

People have this impression that I'm a little kooky, but I'm actually very OCD. I love order and organization. I'm a big list maker. But if I cross off too many tasks, and it's hard to see the remaining ones, I have to start a new list. Now that's OCD.

People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. I learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.

Pursuit of perfection is futile. Instead, I prioritize and often realize goals or tasks I've been aiming for just aren't that important.