Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant

You were already busy before you decided to start a business as a Virtual Assistant. Grocery shopping, house cleaning, bill paying, yard work, family and friend time, and maybe a few minutes for yourself (but probably not).

You’ve got dreams. You want to quit your job. You want to work from home. And...

It’s easy to get discouraged when starting a business as a Virtual Assistant. The tendency is to want several clients right, away and many people get impatient when that doesn’t happen.

I want to tell you something that will help when these thoughts occur to you. There is no overnight success when st...

As you already know, I'm so excited about The VA Connection® LIVE conference I'm hosting in October. I can’t wait to be in a room with like-minded Virtual Assistants ready to uplevel their businesses and themselves so they can live their best lives as business owners (and humans!).

We have amazing wo...

When starting a Virtual Assistant business, we tell ourselves that before we tell anyone about our business, we need to wait until everything is ready. But what we really mean is wait until everything is “perfect.”

We all have our own unique list of what “perfect” entails. Some are waiting for their ...

The older I get, the more urgent my life becomes regarding some of the goals I have set for myself. The goal that has an urgency for me right now is buying a home with Greg. That doesn’t mean we’ll be placing an offer any time soon, but we’re in action.

There are many decisions to consider while relo...

A common activity for new Virtual Assistants is “prospecting for clients.” I see this all time. They spend time looking for people who could “use some help” and think about posting flyers and business cards or introducing themselves to all the business owners in town.

But even though this might feel ...

Let’s tell it like it is. There is never a good time to start a business. Starting a business is not convenient; it is not easy, and it requires us to learn new things, take chances, and, most importantly, stretch ourselves.

So instead of jumping in, you daydream about being your own boss, you imagin...

About a year ago, a client named Joan sent me an email asking me to meet with her about the three remaining hours on her Debit Card.

The time she had purchased was about to expire, so I was glad to hear from her.

Much to my surprise, instead of asking me to help her with a project, she requested a r...

Every day, we’re faced with decisions about how to spend our time. 

It’s easy to let life run the show and determine the flow of our days. It’s also easy to get to the end of the day and wonder what happened to the time.

But I know you. You’ve got dreams and goals and things that you want to make happ...

Most of us want something in our lives to be different. It’s human nature. Maybe we want to buy a home, make a change in our lifestyle, be in a relationship, or start our own business.

It’s exciting to think about these big goals, imagining how life will be different once they are achieved. It can al...