I think the $10m goal is distracting from my main curiosity on whether there were specific ways in, in my situation.

He claims he doesn’t allow access until the very end so you don’t get distracted and bombard him with questions while he’s teaching, but the truth is he doesn’t want you to see you bought yourself $10k worth of recycled guru garbage until its too late.

There were a few slight distractions like figuring out financing, selling a neighboring lot (that I had also acquired via letter writing) on Craigslist, rent out my RV, rent out my house, make my first ever documentary film (a twenty minute short called Kara, Star Of The World about a woman with a traumatic brain injury from a childhood ski accident), take any photo and video work I could get, start a 360 photography company, create social media channels to hype the build, parent two small kids, do a beautiful and excruciating tandem mountain bike ride across Scotland, drive my family on RV trips to Colorado/Arizona/Utah/Nevada/California/Wisconsin/Minnesota/Michigan/Florida, attempt to write a novel and adopt a puppy.The above may read as humble brag, it is not.

It's a great example for REI's not analyzing markets correctly, rationalizing their weak analysis, and then chasing that "shiny object of distraction". 

This is causing unnecessary distractions and taking away from your ability to focus on the action items that matter most: building meaningful industry relationships and sourcing investment opportunities.

I have a lot of experience and can tell you that the majority of renters ask to sign a longer lease because they want to distract you from looking too deeply into their past, they want to entice you to select them over other qualified renters, or they want to negotiate a lower price.

A faux wood look with an almost black or dark grey siding would help distract the eye.But, all of this costs money, and typically beyond some cleanup and fresh paint, on a rental is the best bang for your buck.

How big of a distraction is this for you?  

Have a really nice and memorable feature for guests to distract them from other things (huge tv, fire pit, hot tub, PS4) 7.

For the past couple weeks, I noticed I've been doing the same thing, getting distracted by different things in life instead of making time to do the actual calling.