{"id":4485,"date":"2017-12-14T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/?p=4485"},"modified":"2017-12-13T10:25:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T15:25:39","slug":"areyouinsane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/areyouinsane","title":{"rendered":"Are You Insane!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Easter-Bunny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Easter-Bunny-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Easter Bunny\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Easter-Bunny-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Easter-Bunny-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Easter-Bunny.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And I\u2019ve often heard a rut referred to as a grave with the ends kicked out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Being in a rut and doing things that don\u2019t necessarily make sense are close to the same thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><div class=\"video-plugin-new embed\" style=\"max-width:100%; width:560px; height:auto; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0; margin:0 auto;margin:0 auto; border: 0px solid #fff;margin-bottom: 20px;\"><div style=\"width:560px;height:0;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top:0;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar playerhost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/cmsezinevideos.s3.amazonaws.com\/ezs3js\/secure\/\" : \"http:\/\/cmsezinevideos.s3.amazonaws.com\/ezs3js\/player\/\");\ndocument.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + playerhost + \"flv\/24533FB5-C43F-D633-A3CD3522DF4F6FEE.js?t=\"+(Math.random() * 99999999)+\"' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));\n<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Are you doing these things in your business?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I hope being comfortable is the most uncomfortable place you ever find yourself.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When you get comfortable you get complacent with things and you forget to use strategy in what you\u2019re doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Owning your own business is sometimes not the most realistic thing to do but people like you and I are driven to do it \u2013 to make a difference, to be independent and to carve out our own path.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Inside of all that you still need to have strategic expectations (notice I didn\u2019t say realistic expectations) or you will quickly become discouraged. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I once had a client who thought he could get 50% of his list to attend his live event \u2013 average would be more like 1-5% &#8211; he had false expectations that might have cost him a lot of marketing and event related money had he not had some guidance on being more strategic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Need some help with your strategy going into 2018, reply to this email and let\u2019s have a 15-20 minute chat about your strategic expectations!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To Your Success \u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. 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