4 steps:
1) Zoom way back and look at the big picture. Slow down and see yourself as you really are (sounds like The Road Less Traveled at this point). Figure out your potential, your dreams and goals.
2) Identify five main priorities for the next year. Stay aware of what draws you away from these primary priorities.
3) Plan daily toward your priorities (He quotes Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird).
4) Check in hourly to make sure you're on track. He sets his watch to go off every hour so he checks to see he's meeting his goals. A good idea to start with, but not a way to live in my estimation!

Made of two-page short, independent articles, it's a quick read with some great vignettes, including how researchers identified that any skill practiced for over 10,000 hours will produce mastery. Make sure that what you are shooting for brings you joy just in the doing, regardless of the outcome, because you'll be spending many, many hours of partial success mastering it. Another koan: the best time to judge your success or failure is never.

Mainly, though, persevere, don't settle, strive, don't panic, keep balanced, but keep your eye and your work on your 5 main goals after you've identified them. Allow enough time for thinking, planning and transitions. Good advice. If it weren't just so much fun to be distracted...