Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant

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...

Last week, I was talking to a new VA about her business. She was discouraged that she didn’t have more clients and said to me, “I know it’s going to take time, it’s only been 6 months. I guess I need to be patient.”

As soon as what she said registered in my brain, I said, “WAIT! Time is not the pr...

One of my brand-new students came to me and said that the average hourly rate for a Virtual Assistant in Ohio was $17.50. And then she asked me how she could possibly charge $30 or $40, or $50 an hour if that were true.

The reason, I said, is because what other people are doing doesn’t matter. One ...

When you’re a Virtual Assistant, it can be a challenge to know when you have enough work and enough clients to reach your financial goals.

Often, when we start with a new client, they will say that they will have X number of hours’ worth of work for us each week. They’re excited, we’re excited, and w...