{"id":7201,"date":"2024-05-16T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/?p=7201"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:28:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T19:28:22","slug":"what-do-you-prioritize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/what-do-you-prioritize","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Prioritize?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>I was at the gym this morning \u2013 I\u2019m not usually a morning exerciser, I prefer to go in the afternoon, and before the after-work crowd.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7203 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0759-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0759-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0759-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0759-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0759-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0759.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>I was between sets on the bench press when it hit me that I had prioritized my health this morning.\u00a0 I\u2019m teaching a class today at 4pm and because I don\u2019t want to compete with that after-work crowd I went to the gym first thing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That meant I rearranged my schedule from what is \u201cnormal\u201d for me.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I\u2019m pretty <strong>disciplined<\/strong>. And I get 4-6 workouts in most weeks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What struck me this morning was the reason I was at the gym at an unusual hour for me \u2013 it was because I <strong>prioritize<\/strong> working out, my health, and moving my body.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Not because I wanted to get up and go to the gym. Afterall, it was raining\u2026 which really made me want to stay in bed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>It&#8217;s the same in business.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You\u2019ve heard it just like I have.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The <strong>excuses\u2026<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI don\u2019t have <strong>time.\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI can\u2019t <strong>afford it.\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI tried that once, and it <strong>didn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI <strong>don\u2019t want to<\/strong> do that.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The list goes on and on.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We all know we make the <strong>time<\/strong> and find the <strong>money<\/strong> for the things that are important to us.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Everything else is just an excuse.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you can <strong>be honest with yourself<\/strong> when you ask yourself, \u201cwhat am I willing to do to get where I (say I) want to go,\u201d you\u2019ll <strong>be amazed<\/strong> at the <strong>clarity<\/strong> you find. And when you do that, then you can truly <strong>prioritize<\/strong> your life and your business.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>It\u2019s easy to say, \u201cI\u2019ll do whatever it takes.\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But most won\u2019t. And that\u2019s ok.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Prioritizing <strong>makes choices easier.<\/strong> It\u2019s based on your priorities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And <strong>priorities change<\/strong> over time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>What are you prioritizing these days?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To Your Success \u2013<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4638 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dianesig.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"105\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was at the gym this morning \u2013 I\u2019m not usually a morning exerciser, I prefer to go in the afternoon, and before the after-work crowd. I was between sets on the bench press when it hit me that I had prioritized my health this morning.\u00a0 I\u2019m teaching a class today at 4pm and because&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic; text-align:right; font-family:Georgia;\" class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/what-do-you-prioritize\"class=\"readmore red-clr underline\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[599,58],"tags":[29,196,13,10,30,708,59,843,630,469,45],"class_list":["post-7201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-general","category-business-strategy","tag-business","tag-coaching","tag-complete-marketing-systems","tag-diane-conklin","tag-entrepreneur","tag-articles-marketing","tag-marketing-strategy","tag-no-more-excuses","tag-priorities","tag-prioritize","tag-strategy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7204,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7201\/revisions\/7204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}