Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
New and aspiring Virtual Assistants are burdened with concerns…
- They worry they don’t have enough skills or the skills that will allow them to charge clients a high hourly rate.
 - They think they might be too old or outdated to start a business.
 - They fear that by telling friends and family abou ...
Every day, for the last three weeks, I’ve spent at least an hour and a half picking blueberries off the bushes in our front yard.
My husband Greg and I estimate we have approximately 104 pounds of frozen blueberries in our new Frigidaire chest freezer and at least that much more still on the branches...
My husband Greg and I moved to Virginia at the beginning of the year. The most stressful part of the move for me has been finding a new hairstylist.
I don’t consider myself high maintenance in the personal care category, but I have invested 8.5 hours and hundreds of dollars in my hair care in the las...
I hear people repeatedly say they want to start a business as a Virtual Assistant because they want “time freedom.” This concerns me.
For most people, time freedom means having the ability to choose when and how you want to work, without being restricted by a schedule.
In my 14 successful years as a V...
I hear people say, with pride, that they’re perfectionists.
What’s interesting to me about this is that without understanding the limitations of perfectionism, you might think perfectionists hold themselves to high standards and deliver exceptional work, whether building a website or baking a cake.
Th...
My husband Greg and I had heat and air conditioning (HVAC) installed in our house last week.
I haven’t had central air conditioning in my home since 1993, and I like warm summer days, so I was much more interested in having heat this winter than cooler temperatures in the summer.
For the first few day...
Brand new Virtual Assistants frequently ask me whether they need a portfolio of their work to get clients. The first time I was asked this question, I was stumped. I thought logically: How can you create a portfolio of work before you have clients? If you were to create a portfolio, what would you p...
When I started my Virtual Assistant business in 2010, my goal was to replace my six-figure corporate salary. I chose my rate, $50 an hour, and calculated by billing eight hours a day for five days a week, I would hit the mark.
I had a coach who encouraged me and confirmed that clients would be willin...
On Tuesday, I met one of my new neighbors, Sarah, on my daily walk. A few people who know us both mentioned they thought we might become friends, so I was excited to cross paths with her.
Sarah and I immediately hit it off as she told me about her recent travels to Asia and her personal training busi...
When Virtual Assistants are just starting their businesses, they believe getting clients is the primary objective. And they’re right; getting clients will bring in revenue and allow them to reach their financial goals. So it makes sense that they focus their time and energy on this.
To get clients, t...
