{"id":8585,"date":"2026-05-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/?p=8585"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:57:04","slug":"you-can-do-anything-you-set-your-mind-to-can-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/you-can-do-anything-you-set-your-mind-to-can-you","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou Can Do Anything You Set Your Mind To\u201d\u2026Can You?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most people take things at face value and don\u2019t give much thought to things people say\u2026especially people you look up to or respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, a popular thing people say that many just agree with is \u201cHow you do anything is how you do everything.\u201d You\u2019ve probably heard it. Maybe even thought, yep, that\u2019s true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While on the surface, it may seem like it. It\u2019s certainly a feel-good statement that\u2019s easy to just take at face value and go along with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026<strong>it\u2019s not true.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How I eat a donut is not how I run my business, or how I drive a car, or how I build relationships with my coaching clients, or how I speak from the platform, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It sounds good on the surface, but that\u2019s really all it is\u2026surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It happened Saturday after the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Golden-Tempo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Golden-Tempo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Golden-Tempo.jpg 371w, https:\/\/www.completemarketingsystems.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Golden-Tempo-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>For the first time ever, a woman trainer\u2019s horse won the Derby. At 23-1 odds, coming from the back of the pack, Golden Tempo won the race by a nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the winner\u2019s circle, Cherie DeVaux is quoted as saying \u201cI\u2019m glad that I can be a representative of all women everywhere. That we <strong>can do anything<\/strong> we set our minds to.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That part in question here, for me, is \u201cwe can do <strong>anything<\/strong> we set our minds to\u201d &#8211; as it applies to anyone, not just women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m all for <strong>positive thinking<\/strong> and getting your head on straight, not giving up, <strong>persevering<\/strong> and being <strong>persistent<\/strong>. I\u2019m all for <strong>pushing<\/strong> yourself <strong>beyond<\/strong> your pre-conceived, false limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, I\u2019m the first to admit, you can learn most things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn to run a business or to be a good copywriter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn to play guitar, but <strong>will you<\/strong> ever be as good as Jimi Hendrix?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a fully grown man, and you weigh 98 pounds, soaking wet, can you really be the heavy weight boxing champion of the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I might be able to learn to sing better but I\u2019m <strong>never<\/strong> going to be Whitney Houston, Diana Ross or Beyonce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I\u2019m all for you <strong>believing<\/strong> in yourself. <strong>Pushing<\/strong> your limits and <strong>striving<\/strong> past your comfort zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the time, we don\u2019t push ourselves hard enough, we don\u2019t accomplish all we could if we really gave it our all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And <strong>nobody<\/strong> can really accomplish <strong>anything<\/strong> they set their mind too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes more than wanting to. Sometimes it takes more than working hard to get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the time, in business, you can accomplish almost anything you want if you set your mind to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persist.<br>Commit.<br>Be disciplined.<br>Focus.<br>Be consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It won\u2019t happen overnight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may take time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, in business you can accomplish great things that positively affect a lot of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What have you talked about that you want to accomplish that you haven\u2019t yet?<\/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:169px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people take things at face value and don\u2019t give much thought to things people say\u2026especially people you look up to or respect. For example, a popular thing people say that many just agree with is \u201cHow you do anything is how you do everything.\u201d You\u2019ve probably heard it. 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