{"id":7270,"date":"2024-08-29T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/?p=7270"},"modified":"2024-08-28T17:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T21:43:51","slug":"not-even-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/not-even-close","title":{"rendered":"Not Even Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lockerpurple-176x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lockerpurple-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lockerpurple.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/>If you\u2019re sensing a theme here, this should be the last time I talk about locks at the gym for a while\u2026I said should be because you never know what you\u2019ll find in the locker room at the gym these days. So, no promises, but there\u2019s no plan, at the moment, to show you any more locks\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I just couldn\u2019t help myself when I walked into the locker room the day after I took the other picture of the lock with the key left in it and saw this lock\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Hanging on the locker, not even in the spot to secure the locker\u2026and open.<\/p>\n<p>The powerful purple lock, just hanging out <strong>waiting for somebody to use in the way it was meant to be used<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>How many times do we do this in our businesses?<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe I\u2019m the only one\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Nah\u2026I doubt that \u2013 I know my clients do this too.<\/p>\n<p>You invest in a tool, software or something to <strong>make your life easier<\/strong> or better or to help your team in some way and then you either never use it at all or you never <strong>fully implement<\/strong> it to its fullest abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Like the lock hanging there waiting to be put in the right spot and closed, so it can do its job the way it was designed to, we do the same things every single day.<\/p>\n<p>With our <strong>team<\/strong>, with <strong>tools<\/strong>, with <strong>software<\/strong>, with <strong>courses<\/strong>, with <strong>events<\/strong> we attend, and the list goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p>OR\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you\u2019re the lock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You have the power and the ability to do great things<\/strong>, to affect hundreds or thousands of lives, to change the world of those around you and your own, but instead of taking action and utilizing your gifts, you just hang on\u2026like the lock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you waiting<\/strong> on something specific to happen? Or <strong>just the right time<\/strong> to come around so you can finally be as successful as you say you want to be? Are you waiting until you <strong>make more money<\/strong> to hire some help?<\/p>\n<p>Or are you\u2026<\/p>\n<p>You can make excuses (known to most as \u201creasons\u201d) or you can take what you have, where you are now, and <strong>begin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take action<\/strong>\u2026take the first step\u2026then the next and the next\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want for the perfect time\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2026because the perfect time never comes.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe <strong>the perfect time is always here<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s NOW!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To Your Success \u2013<\/p>\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>If you\u2019re sensing a theme here, this should be the last time I talk about locks at the gym for a while\u2026I said should be because you never know what you\u2019ll find in the locker room at the gym these days. 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