My energy level was high, my future was bright, and my entrepreneurial spirit was alive and well. Life was good, check that, life was great.

At this time in my life, I was living in Wyandotte, Michigan, which is a river suburb of Detroit.

My living was derived from a part-time job at UPS. In 1973, UPS began a new part-time employee program for college students and I qualified for the program and worked for the company for a few years.

This was only a portion of my income. I detailed cars to make extra money, bought and sold used stuff (whatever I thought that I could turn into a profit, I bought).

I also had a knack for buying a car, doing a little work on it and flipping it.

On this particular summer day in 1975, I had a Lincoln Continental advertised for sale and a prospective buyer was on the way.

Since I had some time before the prospective buyer was to show up, I decided to go to the hand wash and clean my Corvette, which wasn't really dirty, but when it's your first Corvette, you baby it. Ask any former Corvette owner and you'll see that I'm not kidding.

On the way back to my house, I was driving on Fort street and noticed a classic Corvette parked at an auto body shop. I took

I was only doing about 20 miles per hour, because I slowed down to take a look at the classic 'vette, but it was enough speed to demolish the fiberglass front end of my Corvette.

I still vividly remember the sound of the fiberglass crumbling. Corvettes are no longer made out of fiberglass, but a special resin compound. You can read about the history of Corvettes to get a further understanding.

The driver of the Cadillac was a doctor and a very polite man who said, "It's not that bad, you take care of yours and I'll take care of mine."

He was obviously talking about a scratch on the back bumper of his Cadillac and not the front end of my Corvette.

I managed to pull to the side of the road and a moment later the police pulled up. The doctor had left and there I was with a heartbroken look on my face and the front license plate in my hand.

Amazing words came out of the young officer's mouth; "It looks like you have enough to deal with, do you need any help moving the car?"

I thought I was going to get a citation, but he followed me home in his squad car.

The car limbed to my house and awaiting my arrival was a neighbor and the buyer for my Lincoln.

I sold the Lincoln and hours later bought another car to drive while my Corvette was out of commission.

The reason that I told you this story is to give you a real-life example of how a simple distraction can cost you in time, money, spirit, and progress.

Obviously, I recovered from that incident, or should I say "accident" in my life, but maybe it was a life lesson. I think it was a great life lesson and I reflect on it often when I'm tempted to be distracted.

It was this little distraction that changed, enlightened, and improved my perspective about how I focus on a task.

Believe me when I say, "I don't want you to experience an auto accident to understand how a simple distraction can alter your life and make you realize that you have to stay focused."

If you are any kind of sports fan, you've seen the pros choke and lose the big prize, which is usually some insignificant trophy and a pile of money.

The question you have to ask yourself is; did they choke or was it a simple distraction that cost them the number one spot?

Did a bird crying-out or a bright colored blouse worn by a shapely female spectator result in the pro hooking the ball into the rough?

How dangerous is a distraction? If the dead could talk, we could probably get a real sense of how lethal they can be. I'm not just talking about accidents.

I'm talking about distractions in life that lead you to a mediocre existence, rather than a prosperous life filled with abundance for you, your family, and your loved ones.

As a child, I was often distracted by television programming while on my way from the dinner table to my homework, which was waiting for me on my desk in my room.

Television won out most of the time and I find it ironic that the biggest distraction in my early years provided my income later in life.

Once to my room, I would put the radio on and maybe you did the same thing; "I'll start my homework right after this song."

However, the DJ announces the upcoming hit that you just think is the coolest and you wait to hear it before you begin your homework.

Now, you glance at the clock and realize that you have to get to bed soon, so you race through your homework and later wonder why you got a "C" on that zoology report.

Ironic explained; I've spent a good portion of my life in radio and TV.

Later in life, the distractions get a bit more serious.

If you're in sales and in the middle of a product pitch, one little distraction can make you flub your spiel and lose the customers attention and the sale (and the income).

Here's just one more to really bring the point of distractions home, so to speak.

Outside interests, such as golf with the guys, poker with the guys, going to the lumber yard with the guys, and not being in any hurry to get home from work, because of that "just one more thing to do" syndrome are all distractions that take you away from the spouse you made so many promises to.

It's no secret; divorce will financially cripple you faster than a Dot-Com stock.

Take a look at your own life and see the kind of distractions that are pulling you away from where you want to be.

One donut when you're trying to diet will hurt.

Having a drink with the guys after work won't help your child improve in school if you're a little fuzzy while tutoring.

Chasing a fast-buck will distract you from a solid plan of progress in your life.

We all get distracted, but if you take a good look at your day, your week, and your month, you'll more than likely discover that in many cases you had a choice to avoid the distraction with a simple decision.

The decision can be as simple as: "No, I have better and more productive things to do."

Wealth and success are built slowly and distractions to avoid or short-cut an intended path or plan can be lethal to your life in the years ahead.

I've turned the word D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N. into an acronym to mean;

Doing Insignificant Stuff To Reach A Conclusion That Is Obviously Trivial

I think success is just the discipline to not let the myriad of distractions of the world interfere with your life goals.


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