Good Morning,
Obstacles come in many forms. Today, I thought I would focus on the obstacle of distractions. A distraction is defined as a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else, in this case, completing our tasks and reaching our goals.
Distractions come in many forms; too many irons in the fire, other people, phone calls and texts, other non related activities, and competing priorities are a few that come to mind,
To me, the critical way to overcome this obstacle is FOCUS. We need to put aside the temptation to regularly stop in the middle things before the task at hand is complete.
Many a time, I am sitting at the computer working on a project when i decide to quickly check my email. What do I do, I check the email, answer them, maybe doing a few Google search first to get the answers. By that time an hour has passed and I have, entirely, lost focus on what I was doing. Maybe you have had similar experiences.
What kind of distraction obstacles get in the way of reaching your goals? What will you do to minimize them? Only you can answer this.
Have a great obstacle free week.
Jim
