Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant

I want to ask you a question. 

When you picture the VA business you want what does it look like? 

You work from home. You set your own hours. You're not asking anyone for permission to take a day off. You're making real money doing work you're good at.

You have clients who respect you. Monday mor...

I read something last night that made me pause. 

"In order to successfully serve people, you have to psychologically get underneath them. While you are serving them, you have to subjugate your ego to their needs." 

That's from Stuart Wilde. And I think it's the secret to everything I've built as a...

Yesterday I was working on a project outside with Greg and a voice popped into my head.

"You shouldn't be doing this. You should be doing something more responsible, more productive" 

As if spending time with my husband on a project we're excited about is somehow wrong. Like fun and productive can...

On Friday my friend Alex said something that made me do a double take. 

We were talking about my friend Sarah and he said, "She's a cat. Don't expect her to bark." 

I laughed. It's such a perfect way to explain what happens when we expect someone to be different than who they are.

But then I thou...

This weekend Greg and I picked up the power tools and built our first raised garden bed. 

I didn't know exactly where it was going to go. I'd been thinking about the location of the garden for a while, but I hadn't landed on the spot that made the most sense. 

And it's not like we can easily move ...

 You've been running the same story in your head for a while now.

The one where you finally make a change.

Where you stop doing the thing that's sucking the life out of you and start doing the things that will make you happy. Where you wake up excited instead of bracing yourself for another week.

You've been doing this for a while now. Calling yourself a VA. Maybe you have a client or two. Maybe you've had a few. 

But something isn't clicking. 

You're not telling people about your business because you don't know what to say.

You're charging less than you should because you're afraid they'...

When I started my VA business in 2010, I had no idea how much my life would change. 

I'd worked in corporate America for 17 years. I was used to a regular paycheck, healthcare benefits, three weeks of paid vacation. I never understood why anyone would give that up.

And then I became a mom. And I u...

For years, my email signature said "Chief Cheerleader." 

I'm changing it. 

Not because I don't care. I care deeply. But cheerleading isn't what you need from me. 

Here's what a cheerleader does: She stands on the sidelines and says "You've got this!" and "You're amazing!" and "Keep going!"

She m...

One of the biggest fears I hear from people thinking about becoming a Virtual Assistant is that they're not techy enough. 

They worry they don't know the right software. They haven't mastered the latest tools. They can't rattle off a list of platforms they've conquered.

Here's what I learned in 15...