Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
You’ve probably heard the saying: We all have the same 24 hours. And while that’s true, what varies greatly is how we think about time and choose to use our own 24 hours.
It’s easy to let hours, days, and weeks go by and wonder where the time went. We’ve all done this, and...
When it comes to knowing how to organize your tasks and plan your time as a Virtual Assistant, there can be a steep learning curve. You have information coming at you all day: client work, tasks to do for your business, and likely an unending list of personal items that need your attention.
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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...
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...
Virtual assistants always have lots of balls in the air. That’s just the nature of the work.
The downside of so much activity, however, is that sometimes we fall into a habit of doing what’s in front of us instead of thinking through the best next step on our ever-growing to do list.
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When you’re a Virtual Assistant, likely working from home, it can be difficult to stay focused and in your seat all day.
Let’s face it, working from home is awesome, but there are distractions wherever you look. Linen closets to be reorganized, laundry to fold, errands to run, right?
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As a virtual assistant, we are often asked to manage big projects for a client. It might be migrating them to a new email system, building a new website, or moving them to a cloud-based solution to manage their business.
While big projects can be fun and exciting, it’s easy to become...
While the world is turning a little bit slower, it’s a wonderful opportunity for Virtual Assistants to learn some new skills.
Use these slower times to improve your skill set. Here’s how…
- Pick one. While it’s easy to bounce from new application to new application,...
For some of us the world seems like a very uncertain place at the moment. Some of our clients might not have as much work for us right now.
Hopefully, for Virtual Assistants, this will be temporary and short lived. So I encourage you to make good use the downtime.
I used to play a game that I...
When you’re working as a Virtual Assistant, you spend lots of time supporting your client’s businesses. But it can be easy to neglect your own.
If you make a plan and check in with it every week, you can not only produce great client work, but also grow your business as well....
