Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant

As a Virtual Assistant, when we’re out with friends, networking, or meeting someone new, we are often asked the question, “What do you do for work?”

Sometimes, when this happens, we are not prepared with a well-thought-out answer. So we wing it … not a good idea!

When we wing it, we tend to start talk...

The question I get asked the most by new VAs is “What are the skills I need to have in order to make really good money?”

And I can see by the look on their faces that they hope I’m going to hand them the magic list that will get them where they want to be.

But I don’t have the list they are looki...

Last week, I was talking to my friend Isabelle about multi-tasking. She told me that she thinks of multi-tasking as nothing more than starting and stopping multiple tasks over and over, really fast.

And when I thought about that for a second, I thought, wow – that’s exactly what it is, and it soun...

Last Sunday afternoon, my husband Greg and I went shopping at a big-chain grocery store. We noticed a sign in the window as we walked inside that said “Corn – eight ears for $2.00.” This got my attention immediately since I love eating corn, as do the chickens.

While checking out, we scanned our re...

Did you like playing office when you were a kid? I did. I would spend hours setting up my desk, organizing my paper clips, sharpening my pencils, and pretending to talk on the phone while taking notes on my steno pad.

But now there’s a lot more at stake. We have families to take care of, responsibi...

I hear this often from my Virtual Assistant students:  “I just need X more clients and I’ll be all set.”

I’ve never understood this, since the quantity of work for each client fluctuates greatly. I have worked with over 200 clients these last 11 years and not one of them has remained consistent wi...

Sue, a VA Connection community member, reached out to me this week for help with client boundary-setting. She said that her clients want their work done immediately, often outside of her usual working hours.

She’s not alone. This is a common complaint in the VA world. Many times, Virtual Assistant...

As a Virtual Assistant, it’s important to be as professional as possible with new clients. And, it’s important to start off on the right foot.

This is a very important time in your client relationship to set the stage for a successful relationship.

To stay consistent, efficient, and ensure that ea...

When you work as a virtual assistant, you naturally focus on getting done what needs getting done. That’s the right approach – it keeps clients happy and keeps the money flowing into your bank account.

But if you never stop to take a breath, pick up your head, and see where you’re trying to go, you...

You're mostly focused on client work when you’re a Virtual Assistant. But it’s important to move forward with your business goals as well, which is not always easy to do.

I’ve discovered that if I track my progress every week, I can get my client work done and achieve my own goals.

Here’s how to ...