{"id":8513,"date":"2026-01-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/?p=8513"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:49:39","slug":"broken-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/broken-promises","title":{"rendered":"Broken Promises\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019re 15 days into the New Year and into the month of January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you <strong>keeping<\/strong> your \u201cNew Years Resolutions\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/silhouette-774835_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/silhouette-774835_1280-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8514\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/silhouette-774835_1280-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/silhouette-774835_1280-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/silhouette-774835_1280-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/silhouette-774835_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>easiest<\/strong> promises to break are the ones you make to <strong>yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are also the <strong>costliest<\/strong> ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may not recognize them as costly because it\u2019s <strong>easy<\/strong> to look away, to divert your eyes, to be in <strong>denial.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>worst<\/strong> way to break the promises you made to yourself is by putting others before you. By making somebody else\u2019s <strong>priorities<\/strong> more important than your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do that because we don\u2019t want to be thought of as <strong>selfish.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes we do it because it\u2019s easier than <strong>pushing<\/strong> ourselves forward past our <strong>comfort zones.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw a quote the other day that said, \u201cSurround yourself with those who tell you what you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">need<\/span> to hear, not only what you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">want<\/span> to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in having that kind of person as your <strong>coach, <\/strong>somebody who is there to <strong>support you <\/strong>like a friend and business partner and who will also give it to you <strong>straight,<\/strong> I have a few openings, and I\u2019d love to talk to you to see if you <strong>qualify.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Message me, reply, reach out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why not make 2026 your <strong>best year<\/strong> yet\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of us can\u2019t do it <strong>alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To Your Success \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dianesig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dianesig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4638\" style=\"width:131px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re 15 days into the New Year and into the month of January. Are you keeping your \u201cNew Years Resolutions\u201d? The easiest promises to break are the ones you make to yourself. They are also the costliest ones. You may not recognize them as costly because it\u2019s easy to look away, to divert your eyes,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic; text-align:right; font-family:Georgia;\" class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/broken-promises\"class=\"readmore red-clr underline\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[599,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-general","category-business-strategy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8513","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=8513"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8516,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8513\/revisions\/8516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}