Commit to Manage Distractions and Interruptions:
Many articles have been written on how to eliminate and avoid distractions and interruptions. Unfortunately, elimination and avoidance does not work.  Distractions and interruptions will come. It is our  job analyze them and determine their importance.  Based on your goals and objectives, decide if something should be dealt with immediately, set aside with a future date assigned, or simply ignored.

Commit to Plan a Strategy:
The strategy is best planned with the participation of everyone who will be involved in the project.  Write down the steps necessary to be successful and who will be responsible for each part. Also, predetermine interim points along the way to evaluate progress. Be ready to make changes.  While we anticipate obstacles, we will inevitably face unexpected detours.

It is normal to be afraid when we experience something for the first time.  It is not a new phenomenon.  The philosopher Aristotle wrote 2300 years ago, “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.”  Author T.S. Elliot takes it a step further when he writes, "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

We all have to fight fear when something is unfamiliar, but the grace of courage is available to all who are willing to try.