Have you made a start? Or are you still thinking about it or caught very popular "I'm too busy" epidemic?

Mary's Story Mary runs her own publishing company employing 5 people. She is married with two teenagers.

When I first met Mary she told me how stressed out she was trying to juggle work and home effectively.

Her business although surviving (just) could have achieved major growth except for one major factor… Mary. She was very disorganised and ran her business that way.

Mary was always complaining about pressures of running her business and having a life. I suggested to her that by having personal coaching she would dramatically improve her situation…guaranteed, providing she actioned ideas, insights and solutions she would gain through process.

She's A 'Gunna' Mary was a 'gunna'. She was 'gunna' do this and 'gunna' do that. Unfortunately all she can and still does do is talk about it. She won't make a decision. Money wasn't issue, after all she had invested thousands of dollars attending an American guru's week long "life changing" bootcamp. She thought that would be her "magic lifechanging pill". Unfortunately Mary did not action what she had learned. She got caught up in her chaotic life immediately on her return.

It's interesting to note that many people believe that more they spend on some of these seminars, better results will be.

What they forget to factor into equation is themselves.

The Latest Crisis I have spoken with her a few times and suggested best course of action to take and she always responds with "not right now, I have this to do and that to do (and everything else to do)". Mary always procrastinates and says to call her back in a few weeks' time when current major crisis should be over.

One month her database was completely wiped out. It had mistakenly been deleted by a temporary assistant she had hired. Of course there was no back up. It took many hours to reproduce it.

You need to plan, focus and take action on what you want to achieve to get outcome you desire. You need to get organised!

My Story Last year I was in a shop trying on a shirt and I asked a lady who was also in changing rooms how it looked on me. (I never ask sales assistant as they usually tell you it looks great regardless of whether it does or not). She thought it looked great and I must confess, I thought so too! Still, being a woman I like to have someone else to confirm it.

Now here's what I found both flattering and interesting. The lady said "The shirt looks great, I wish I had same body". She was referring to my body! That got me excited! That's first time someone had said that to me. Mind you this woman was about 15 kg overweight and would probably think that about anyone who was smaller than her.

I replied "Thank you! (and then blurted out in a nice way) However, you could too, just exercise regularly and eat healthily". I forgot to mention she had an open packet of potato chips in her bag. This lady probably thought I was born this way, one of lucky ones who could eat and drink anything they wanted and walked occasionally for exercise.

It takes effort What this lady didn't know was that every morning I drag myself out of bed at 5.30 a.m. to work out at local gym. And I do that regardless of how cold or wet it is, how tired I am, whether it's summer or winter. I pay price to get results. I'm also particular about food, trying wherever possible to eat low fat, low sugar food and drink plenty of water.

If there's an easier alternative, a magic pill which will miraculously keep weight off, body toned and make me feel great consistently without harming my health, please let me know. Until then, I'll keep paying price and making effort because results are worth it.