Summer is coming!

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
--John Lennon

I love summer!  I have a deck that looks out over Puget Sound and both the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges.  I have several small maple trees and enough potted plants and flowers that it feels like sitting in a garden.  I have several hummingbird feeders, and I love to watch the little guys battling it out for the nectar.  My husband and I love to start our days together with coffee on our deck and end them there with dinner and a good glass of wine.

But when the sun is out and the warm weather hits, it's easy to get distracted and to lose sight of goals.  We think, "I'll take care of that tomorrow." Or, "As soon as I get back from vacation..."  The truth is, there are distractions and interruptions all year long.

January:  I'm recovering from Christmas...as soon as I'm done...
February:  I'm still recovering from Christmas...
March:  Ooh, I have to get my taxes done...
April:  Crap, I STILL have to finish my taxes...as soon as they are filed...
May:  I am recovering from the taxes I didn't know I would have to pay...
April:  Well, now that spring is here, I have so much work to do around the house...
May:  The kids are going to be out of school next month...
June:  Now that the kids are out of school...
July:  We're going on vacation...as soon as we're back...
August:  The kids are going back to school next month...as soon as they are back in school...
September:  Now that the kids are back in school...
October:  OMG, the holidays are already coming up?
November:  Right after Thanksgiving...
December:  As soon as Christmas is over...
January:  Okay, THIS year I'm going to...

Are you prepared for the interruptions?  This is not the time to slack off on your coaching or your goals!  In fact, it never is.  Your life is NOW.  Your life IS the distractions and the interruptions.  Successful people don't have less of them than you do.  They just have clearer outcomes and better strategies.

Work hard and play hard.  As Tony Robbins says, be outcome focused and purpose driven.  Know your most important priorities, have a plan in place to deal with the distractions, and don't let the sun (or the rain, or the snow, or the holidays) keep you from creating the life and business you want. 

Then go outside and enjoy your dinner!