08/24/2026
3 Ways to Get Your Focus Back When Life Interrupts Your Business
This last week has NOT gone according to my usual plan.
An unexpected water main break down the street affected my home.
It quickly turned into a flooded apartment dealing with water damage, and the City of Phoenix telling us that they will be moving us to a hotel for the next 2 months while they repair the damage to our home.
I even had to reschedule the Week 3 session of the $1K Accelerator Sprint I’m mentoring.
And I’ll admit something…
I’ve struggled to stay focused on my business in the middle of all this activity.
Then one of my mentees, Theresa Lee Smith, left me a comment that stopped me for a minute:
“Love your PMA — Positive Mental Attitude when life keeps giving us challenges. You keep going strong.”
My response was simple:
I have to. I’m building my dream life and helping other people build theirs. I have to stay positive.
But staying positive doesn’t mean things don’t knock you off track.
Sometimes they do.
The important part is learning how to find your way back to the process.
Here are 3 things I’m doing to get focused again:
1. Go back to your anchor.
For me, that’s the Funnel Builder Certification training - Badge 8.
Instead of trying to figure out everything I missed or everything I need to catch up on, I go back to the process and get back to the next step.
2. Shrink the goal.
When life gets chaotic, the answer isn’t always doing MORE.
So I ask myself:
“What’s the ONE thing I can complete today that moves my business forward?”
One follow-up.
One funnel section.
One prospect conversation.
One post.
Small progress gets the wheels moving again.
3. Give yourself permission to adjust the plan — without abandoning the goal.
I had to adjust everything I am doing and had to do that in.a hotel without most of my home office conveniences
The schedule may have to change.
The strategy may have to change.
The timeline may have to change.
But the goal and destination haven't change.
I’m still building.
I’m still learning.
I’m still mentoring.
And I’m still moving toward the life and business I’m working to create.
Maybe that’s one of the biggest lessons entrepreneurship keeps teaching me:
Getting knocked off track isn’t failure.
Learning how to get back on track is part of becoming the person capable of reaching the goal.
So if life has interrupted YOUR plans lately, I’d love to know:
What’s the ONE thing you’re going to do this week to get moving again?
