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Values in the Small Decisions

One of the best books I every read was Stephanie Frank's The Accidental Millionaire. For me, the most impactful part of the book was an exercise that helped me determine my values in life. I won't try to explain it here, because I won't do it justice. Suffice it to say that "values" in this context means "what is most...

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Am I Slacking?

My company is growing and in order to continue the growth, I have to spend some time on business development. To make sure I follow through, I committed one day a week (Wednesday) to focus on business development, client relations and marketing. Recently, still a little woozy from my fast-paced vacation, it wasn't until Tuesday night that I realized that...

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Maybe it’s Time to Open the Door

Today I did something unusual... I opened the door. My front door, that is, to a couple of clean-cut Mormon boys. Ok, don’t hate me, but when I spy these kind souls through my peephole, I usually quietly watch from behind the door, hoping they’ll simply think no one was home and move along to the next house. But today,...

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Tell Me What You CAN Do!

A few years ago, I was listening to a client complain, "I don't have time to do this, I don't have time to do that... ". We'd been having this conversation for months, and in frustration I burst out, "I'm not interested in what you can't do, tell me what you CAN do!" Not the most elegant delivery, I'm admit,...

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Distractions and Solutions

On a recent poll on Facebook, I asked for business owners to share the biggest distractions they face each day. I’m including the top three here, along with a few tips for minimizing the impact of the distractions. WARNING: All of these tips will require you to change. Distractions are a part of life, and trying to eliminate them is...

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9 Best Practice tips from Virtual Assistants

I recently asked the Virtual Assistants on my site what they considered their #1 best practice when working with clients. The most common theme is communication, and I love how each Virtual Assistant expresses it in their own style! 1. "The #1 best practice (in my opinion) is to become acquainted with the client’s work style, attitude and expectations –...

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The Top 10 Questions for Socially Responsible Leaders

I came across this article today by Gala Gorman of Wholistic Business, and loved the questions it asked. Especially because it showed me once again how the Virtual Assistance industry as a whole is an exemplary example of socially responsible business! Whether you use it as a template to begin a socially responsible business, or a questionnaire to evaluate your...

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I can’t WAIT to get a Virtual Assistant!

I was talking with a coach last week and she remarked, "I can't wait until I can just do what I love and delegate everything else to a Virtual Assistant!" I thought, "But you don't HAVE to wait!" Looking for the best way to help her understand why I know this to be true, I went to my Brilliant VA's...

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Virtual Assistants in Space

Woops - I meant Virtual Assistants AND Space. But the title was too funny to change... What do Virtual Assistants have to do with space? Let me explain. Imagine you need to write an article. Article writing is a great business activity that requires some quiet, some focus and a little creativity. In other words, space. But you have to...

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Virtual Assistants Can Help with Caterpillars!

THANK YOU to Jeanette Barnes of Old Fashioned Office for contributing this article! Visit her site at www.OldFashionedOffice.com. Are Caterpillars Interfering with Your Online Business? I truly feel lucky to live in the country and best of all, run my online business from the comfort of my home office. I get to look out the window and marvel at the...

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Virtual Assistants for Stress Relief

The other evening, I was completely stressed out. So many things to do, not sure where to start. You see, I was at the end of the day and still had many things on my plate. But they were all administrative tasks – pesky no-brainer stuff – and I was resentful that I had to do them. I was well...

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Virtual Assistants: When to hire?

Believe it or not – just before you think you can afford it! Generally this is when you have new business coming in on a consistent basis, but haven’t quite maxed out your time yet. If you don’t start delegating at this point, a vicious cycle begins. Here’s what happens: you’ll get really busy and you start to worry that...

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