Are the demands of your day-to-day activitives beginning to pull you away from the goals you so desparately want to achieve? That’s not unusual. We start our goals with an enthusiastic effort and totally plan on achieving them, then Boom! life and business get in the way.

Here’s the reason why. According to the 4th Annual Staples National Small Business Survey, a majority of business owners (61 percent) suffer from “ping-pong” syndrome as a result of constant bouncing between competing work demands and distractions brought on by a poor economy, evolving technologies, and world events that challenge even a three-person small business.

More than half of survey respondents (51 percent) blame growing to-do lists as the biggest cause of ping-pong syndrome. The survey also revealed that 53 percent of small-business owners do not have enough time to do everything on these lists, and a surprising 53 percent are so overwhelmed, they purposefully write things on their to-do list they have already completed just to be able to cross something off. Have you ever done that? I’m guilty.

Here’s help. To make it easy for you to prioritize your objectives for the New Year, Staples has launched a new program called Staples stickK to It! Business Challenge Just set up your account and identify goals you want to commit to like getting organized and saving money. You’ll then be able to track your progress and earn EasyPoints (redeemable at Staples) by completing steps toward achieving the goal.

I signed up earlier this week and made a commitment to get organized. Here’s an example of my commitment.

I think this site will help a lot of people stay on track and achieve the success they desire. How about joining me there? Head on over and set up your account now.

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