Category: Virtual Assistant
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Stay on top of your monthly goals
The beginning of the year is full of resolutions, good intentions and goal setting. It can be all too easy to let it all slide after the first month but with a little bit planning and time management, it can be made easier and much more achievable. Here are some tips to help with your…
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Is it already time to refill the empty cup?
I know that start of the year always reignites everyone’s motivation for what we want to do and achieve in life and in our respective careers or business. We form these goals and objectives in our minds, we verbalise them to our family and friends and we hit the road running full steam ahead but…
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Stop Procrastinating and Easily Get Things Done
How are those New Year’s Goals going? Have you given some thought about what you want in 2020? One thing many of you probably have in mind for this year is overcoming your procrastination. What is procrastination? Procrastination means putting off something we know we should be doing but, for some reason can’t motivate…
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Self-Care is Not a Luxury, it’s a Must
People used to think that self-care was a luxury that only the wealthy indulged in, but today with the ever-increasing fast paced lifestyle people live, it is a necessity for everyone in order to be able to function at optimal levels. Self-care comes in many forms and shapes What are the things that you…
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6 Easy Time Management Tips for Virtual Assistants
Things can become alarmingly busy in any job, but especially so for a Virtual Assistant. We are interrupted far more frequently than office-based workers, so time management is crucial if you are going to deliver the best service to your clients. My best laid plans can turn into chaos without any warning if my family…
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Dear Client – Please allow me to help you
When I started out as Virtual Assistant the only thing I could think of was how to keep my clients. Many times I wondered if they saw my value, understood my mindset, appreciated the multiple hours not billed for. I was just happy to have work, not recognising my feeling of unworthiness. Now being more…
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My Top 4 Reads for 2020
The most influential and successful people in the business world are – reading. To quote one of my favourite investors of all times, Warren Buffett, ‘the key to success is reading, as much as 500 pages per day (yikes!)’ According to Buffett knowledge builds up like compound interest over time. Makes sense if you think…
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The meaning of motivation and how to stay motivated
First of all we have to understand what motivation is. It’s a reason for acting in a particular way something that pushes us to do things that we believe we can’t do or goals that looks hard to achieve. Most times when we want to accomplish a goal we need a willingness to help us…
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3 Life Lessons that you can use anywhere in life right now
The person that influenced me most in life played a very unconventional role. It goes without saying that you look up to your parents and they are your biggest influencers. But from a business perspective it was one of my employers who showed me what was possible with hard work and determination. As I’ve mentioned…
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Hashtag I’m staying
With all the negative news in the media, and there is a lot of it – it is easy to become despondent, hopeless, fearful, angry, frustrated… the list could go on. One episode of Carte Blanche and you are guaranteed to see something to add to the gloom feeling a Sunday night can bring. …
