On any given day, in any given life, there are distractions.  I am always amazed that I will lay out my plans for the week and look back and find that all I have accomplished is dealing with distractions.  I am dealing with a couple right now that could impact my business quite a bit, so I can’t ignore them.

Distractions are the junction changes on the railroad of life.  You are happily rolling down your tracks, your goals and lists firmly in hand, going north with your goal station in view and then a distraction comes up and you are suddenly going north west.  Oh you are still going north, but just a little off north.  Now you can still see your little station, but can’t quite reach it, you have to follow the distraction.  Sound familiar?

Life is just riddled with distractions.  That is what makes goal-setting and achieving seem like it never works.  ”What is the point of setting a goal I will never reach?”  I hear that all the time.  ”I don’t set goals because they just frustrate me.” is another common complaint.  Hear is the news flash, it is not the goals that are the problem, it is the distractions that cause the derailment.

The trick is to keep your eyes firmly on the goal, while dealing with the distractions that the track takes you on.  Developing good strategies for dealing with distractions, is vital in reaching your goals.  Distractions always happen, maintaining focus is what keeps them from derailing your little train.  Are you still on the track today?Watch out for those junction changes!