Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant

Everyone talks about accountability. Mostly we complain about it, saying we don’t have enough; we need more, or wish that someone would hold us accountable.

I think we’re really saying that we’re not getting the things done that matter the most to us. We’re doing, doing, doing, but not feeling the sa...

During my morning routine with the chickens last week, I noticed one of my hens, Lavinia, was acting strangely. Even though I had just sprinkled her favorite treat all over the floor, she was standing apart from her chicken buddies, all puffed up and looking away. Normally, she would have been right...

As Virtual Assistants, we want to have thriving businesses. We know that it will bring us time, freedom, and financial security. We want the benefit of being able to work around important events in our lives, like caring for aging parents, being at our kid’s baseball game or ballet lesson, or taking...

There’s a thrill at the beginning of each new year. 

It’s a fresh start, a clean slate. Whatever happened in the past can be wiped away with hope, determination, optimism, and the feeling that our time is now. This is the year that we’re going to get it right. We can’t wait.

And it doesn’t matter if i...

When talking to aspiring Virtual Assistants about starting their businesses, I often hear them say (in an unhappy tone), “I’m really at a disadvantage because I don’t have any corporate admin experience.”

Believing this makes them feel discouraged.

Believing this makes them feel like they have a ...

The most powerful voice you’ll ever hear is the one that’s inside your own head. And if you’re like most of us, it speaks to you in harsh tones and with words that you would never say out loud to another person.

Sometimes the voice might be yours. Sometimes it might be someone else – a family memb...

You’re sitting at your desk thinking about the next improvement you want to make in your business.

You decide it’s time to set up your calendar scheduling software so prospective clients can book a time to talk about working together.

You choose the Acuity Scheduling software because you’ve heard...

When you have a JOB and you’re at the office, the boss can walk over to you at any time and ask you to do something right now.

When you have a JOB and work from home, the boss can send you a message at any time and ask you to do something right now.

When you have a JOB, you’re expected to be ava...

Things have been going great in your new Virtual Assistant business. Client work is pouring in and you’re feeling amazing about your success until … you wake up one Tuesday morning not feeling well.

Your throat hurts, you’re congested, and your head starts to pound as soon as you sit up in bed. Yo...

You’re so excited. Your brand-new client has given you a nice juicy project and you can’t wait to get started. You give it your best, finish your work by the deadline, and proudly email it to your client for the next steps, eager to hear back.

And then you don’t hear back… for days or a week or mor...