There will always be external influences swirling around you and sometimes pulling you in. There is no end to what is going on in life which doesn't fit into the vision you have for your career: office gossip, a co-worker needing your help to make a deadline, stock market tumbles, political anxiety, personal life struggles. The key is not just to stay focused, everyone will tell you that, no the key is that nothing else matters but the goal. Whether you follow basketball or n