Home topics news News News I’ve got a confession to make… Gemma Tognini May 11, 2010 I’ve struggled with being open about this because the memory still makes me feel a bit grimy, but I feel it’s time to come out with it. I once bought a set of Pilates DVDs off the internet. There, I said it. It was a while ago. Long before I ran my first half marathon, long before I got serious about my horse riding and definitely years before I started to box. I remember it well. I was on the couch (typical) watching telly and saw an ad for these AMAZING DVDs that would totally “change my life”. Cue sucker as GT forks over her cash. I used them once. For about 15 minutes. That was it. There is one moral and one alone from this story. Nobody can do it for you. Repeat, NOBODY can do it for you. In life and in business, when we’re in a hard place most of us just want to get out of there as soon as humanly possible, for as little effort as we can manage. It could be dealing with staff issues, it could a change in business strategy, and it could be facing up to things which are holding you back. It could be all of these at once. I don’t know about you, but I am guilty of wishing someone would sweep in and do all of these unpleasant things for me. As