Tag: #businessowner
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Self-awareness is how you unlock personal development
Self-awareness is essential to developing as a person because it allows you to do things mindfully instead of settling for whatever comes your way and personal development consists of conscious actions that one undertakes in order to become the best version of one’s own self. It’s an ongoing process of self-improvement either in your career,…
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Lockdown is your opportunity to upskill
Covid-19, the most discussed and disputed pandemic of our generation and the reason toilet paper has become a precious commodity in 2020! Jokes aside, I have to start by saying how proud I am of how our President Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa has handled the Covid-19 prevention strategy in South Africa. He has made some tough…
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The tools that help me show my business some love
It is no secret that these are uncertain and unprecedented times that we are living in and living through. And it is certainly a time where we as VA’s can really use our skills to their highest level and show our clients and business the love that they definitely need and deserve right now. As…
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Running your business with Virtual Assistant know-how
The pandemic and the predictions of recession has small business owners worried about the future. Working remotely is a new model for many; and this has it’s challenges and complications. Did you have days where you just don’t get to everything you need to before Covid 19 put businesses at risk? Are you feeling overwhelmed…
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CoSchedule VS FreshDesk: which is best for you?
As a business owner you want to make sure you are giving your clients the best service around … all the time! But it is human nature to let things fall through the cracks as we juggle a myriad of things, most times not purposefully, but it happens. So how do you keep your clients…
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How to find your happy place at home
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic that we are all facing at present I thought that it would be very appropriate to encourage everyone to find that place that you can call your happy place. Do you have a happy place? A physical place that you can retreat to that grounds you and makes you…
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How to Take Your business to the Next Level with the Help of a Business Mentor
According to a recent article I read, women tend to credit having mentors as one of their reasons for achieving their goals. To be honest most of us have heard of successful entrepreneurs having mentors but somehow in the Virtual Assistant industry I noticed that we haven’t embraced this trend fully. This could be due…
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Virtual Assistants: How to Impress and Influence your Clients
Do thoughts like these plague you – “my client isn’t cooperating and doesn’t appreciate me.” “I wonder if my work is good enough.” “I feel isolated and not part of the team.” You are not alone! These thoughts pop up from time to time. Here’s an example of a similar situation that I was in. …
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Take another look at your 2020 resolutions
You do have what it takes! Some of the comments I have heard lately: “What is your new year resolution?” “What have you given up for the next month?” “Are you detoxing” “It doesn’t even feel like I’ve just come back from leave”, are just I have found the start of 2020 quite hectic,…
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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…
