What does your to-do list look like? Does the very idea fill you with terror?

Monday Thru Friday the To do list piles up on your desk, on your calendar and who knows where else! to-do lists are touted as a simple, easy method of helping people stay on task. When we take on too much, they spiral out of control and become objects of doom. Every day I have a checklist to make sure I get my stuff done and stay on track.

Vital Smarts, a leadership training company released findings from studies of more than 1,300 people and it showed that 60% of people are overcommitted, with more on their to-do list than they can possibly finish. An additional 1 in 5 say they’re at the point where they simply cannot take on any more. I found this interesting as well and I fall into this category

73% of people said their to-do lists were out of control because they wanted to be helpful and generous to others, not to mention polite. 53% were problem-solvers, even if they were solving problems that weren’t necessarily theirs.