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 How
are you progressing with the goals you set yourself this
year?
Have you made a start and continued on until they have been achieved? Or are you still procrastinating or caught the "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 the 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 the ideas, insights and solutions she would gain through the process.
Being in a group coaching situation wouldn't work for her as she needed focussed attention and accountability. There was no way she would make changes on her own.
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 the 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 the more they spend on some of these seminars, the better the results will be. What they forget to factor into the equation is they need to apply what they learn.
The Latest Crisis
I have spoken with her a few times and suggested the best course of action to take and she always responds with "not right now... it's not a 'good time'. Mary always procrastinates and says to contactl her in a few weeks' time when the current major crisis should be over.
She seems to run from one disaster to another and blames everyone else for her problems.
It's been awhile since we first spoke and I'd forgotten all about Mary until I bumped into one of her former employees. Jan told me it was extremely stressful and unrewarding working for Mary. She was amazed she'd even stayed there for 6 months.
Jan could never complete her work as her duties were always changing. Mary made promises to clients which she would often break and Jan, being her personal assistant was the person the clients would go to make sure the work was done on time. She was also the key person who kept the peace with the rest of the staff.
Jan had given Mary one month's notice when she handed in her resignation, so Mary had plenty of time to find a replacement.
When Jan left, Mary still hadn't found a replacement as she left it to the week before Jan exited to advertise the position. Of course she did all the recruiting herself, advertised in the local paper and had 50 replies. No doubt she wasted the next month interviewing suitable applicants. Procrastination made such a dramatic impact on all aspects of her life.
When is the right time to take action?
- Easter?
- Christmas?
- The new year?
- The beginning of the financial year?
- When you've got nothing else to do
- When your spouse leaves you because you're never there?
- When your kids go off the rails because you're never there?
- When your business is on its last legs?
- When everything is 'perfect'?
- When you become so sick from the stress of your business that you cannot get out of bed?
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