"First Let Me"

How many times have we heard, "I'll get to that, but first let me..."?  How often do we actually think this way and after we have had gone through all of the "first let me" options, we find that we haven't gotten anything important done.  

"First let me" is a dangerous thing and can cause disastrous hesitations.  How do we keep from these moments happening from us?  Steven Covey wrote a great book. "First Things, First".  By having our priorities defined and held firm, we can remove the "First let me" syndrome.  

Think about how many times you have let something else get in the way and distract the important from getting done.  

If you can think of one example, that's one too many.