I was riding my bike into work today and decided I would take the shortest route to work - most direct.  As I was on the busy Darby St, I felt unsafe with all the traffic going into work so decided to take the street parallel to Darby to avoid traffic.  After a few minutes of riding, I then cut back into Darby St.

I realised that I have had to take the longer path in business juggling a young family at the same time for the last few years.  There are great opportunities that present themself all the time in business and although if my focus was just business, I would stick to the shortest route to get there.  The path that I have often had to take is like my bike ride - safer option and then cut back in and get back on track. 

Being a person like many of you who wears many hats - business hat, mum hat, wife hat, daughter hat and the hats go on, its about enjoying the bike ride however long it takes.

How do you handle family distractions in managing business strategy?