{"id":4757,"date":"2019-01-31T10:03:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2019-01-31T10:03:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:03:41","slug":"one-month-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/one-month-in","title":{"rendered":"One Month In\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow will be the first of February\u2026that means the first 31 days of 2019 will be gone and you can never get them back. Not one single second of any day.<\/p>\n<p>Take a minute now and ask yourself\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you been productive (as productive as you want to be)?<\/li>\n<li>Are you 1\/12 of the way to your financial goal for 2019?<\/li>\n<li>Are you 1\/3 of the way to where you want to be for the first quarter of 2019?<\/li>\n<li>What promises have you kept?<\/li>\n<li>What has already waned a bit?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Understand, I&#8217;m not asking you to spend time with this as a judgment, but to get a measure of where you are. And, a measure of where you are only 31 days in\u2026instead of waiting 6 months, or more, and then being surprised, or feeling the need to panic.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy for our motivation to fade a bit over time.<\/p>\n<p>The gym is the perfect example of this.\u00a0 Notice in the photo below, taken the week of January 7<sup>th<\/sup> about 6pm \u2013 it\u2019s packed full of people (notice all the people in the red areas I have circled\u2026and there are more people in the photo too)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gym1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gym1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gym1.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gym1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, compare it to this one, taken 7 days later at the same time (and also on a Monday)\u2026I used red dots to show you the people in case you can\u2019t see them \u2013 there were 10 people in the gym\u2026it only took 7 days for it to change\u2026dramatically. And, it hasn\u2019t changed much from this picture since.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gym2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gym2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gym2.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gym2-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t about blame or feeling bad or guilt or any of that. It\u2019s about awareness and noticing what\u2019s happening instead of just letting life happen to you.<\/p>\n<p>You, your business, your family and your clients deserve all of you and the best of you. And, yes, it\u2019s fine to change your mind\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026it\u2019s just NOT ok to quit!<\/p>\n<p>Change, modify, adapt \u2013 but don\u2019t quit.<\/p>\n<p>To Your Success \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Diane<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow will be the first of February\u2026that means the first 31 days of 2019 will be gone and you can never get them back. Not one single second of any day. Take a minute now and ask yourself\u2026 Have you been productive (as productive as you want to be)? 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