My Passion vs My Day Job or Should There Be A “vs”
When your day job is not your passion, giving it your best takes discipline, committment and focus. Now your passion on the other hand just requires focus and time. In fact, for most of us, we make the time for our passion. Committment and discipline is already there, that is why it became our passion.
Why then can’t your day job be your passion? Or is it that you are lucky if it is. For those with small businesses, maybe that can be more of a reality since they can choose the type of business to get involved in, and spend the time building that business. And you build that business day by day using the tools available to do it. A great tool for building that business is the virtual assistant, who allows you the time to now do your day job with passion since it is your passion.
The virtual assistant takes over and takes away the tasks that takes so much of your time that the most important things are left behind.
So for those who are fortunate enough to have a day job that is your passion, embrace it, be fullfilled by it and rewarded with it.
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Change is Good / Improvement is Better
Before you decide on whether or not to agree or disagree with the caption, some definition must be offered for “change” and “improvement”. So what is change. Well according to the dictionary, it is “to make different, to alter, to transform”. What then is improvement. According to the dictionary again, it is ” to make or become better”. So you can see where I’m going with this.
While change can result in either an advantage or disadvantage, improvement is definitely an advantage. This can be seen when in business, a decision is made that the outcome is not certain. That will be change, but improvement predicts a positive outcome. One sure improvement for the small business is a virtual assistant.
So this week, lets all strive for improvement rather than mere change. All this will require will be a little more effort than what change will cost.
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Still Not Getting It Right? Time To Get The Zoho Planner
If you are guilty of being a bad planner, no matter how you think you’ve done it right, it just doesn’t come out right, stop beating yourself on the head. Just get yourself the Zoho online Planner. Trust me, from To-do lists, to taking notes, to uploading images and files and even reminders, the Zoho Planner makes you look good. It makes you organized. Try it by clicking here.
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Is Virtual Assisting All That? I Mean Do Small Businesses Really Benefit From It?
Thank you for your question. The thing is while we know that the Internet is THE place for scams, and scams galore, we must be able to sift through the mix and extract the good.
To answer this question we must of course know what a virtual assistant does. Giving assistance to small business owners remotely is basically it. The tasks covers a wide range, from admisistrative to real estate.
The benefits this brings to the small business owner is that no in-house staff is required, time training is eliminated, overhead costs is also eliminated, no paid vacation, sick leave, paternity and maternity leave; all these are costs that are non existant with the use of the virtual assistant. Additionally, the business owner can now concentrate on business expansion.
So should I give a yes or no to that question or should I leave it to you our readers to decide. I think I’ll leave it for you to decide.
Once again, thank you for your valuable question, and keep them coming.
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A Little “Stick-To-Itiveness” Makes The Difference
I once heard someone say that insanity can be described as doing the same thing the same way, over and over. That is not what I’m talking about when I say “stick-to-itiveness”. You see, what makes insanity insanity, is the outcome is always the same even though something else is hoped for.
Sticking to the task even when using different methods is what I mean. The truth is, that is my very own testimony, so I’m preaching what I live. I realized not giving up until the desired results is obtained, sometimes using some very strange methods has worked for me, and a few times well.
So don’t limit yourself to the same outcome as Cindy Lauper says, “time after time”. Think outside the box, use different tools, even new ones, and something is bound to give. That something is your limitations, giving place to self expansion. If you are one of those frowning at the thought of breaking even at evaluation time, use a new tool, like the virtual assistant and demonstrate your “stick-to-itiveness”, because you are not satisfied with the results.
Get up, make the difference for yourself and your business. A little “stick-to-itiveness” will definitely make the difference.
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Are You Virtually Assisting
What does it mean to be a virtual assistant. To assist virtually or to virtually assist. There is a difference. Do you see it? You see to assist virtually is to intend to help while to virtually assist is to purposefully help.
So now that we have that clear, we can all ask ourselves, what are we actually doing? Sitting on the fence and always saying we are going to, or jumping into the field with our plough in hand?
As the week comes to a glorious close, let’s spend some time scrutinizing the way we work and even why we work. Always remembering that while intent is good, actions are GREAT.
As always, have a delightful weekend.
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Lazy Days Don’t Ever Equal Successful Months
When I talk about lazy days, believe me I know exactly what I’m talking about. Because I used to have them. Days when you just don’t feel like it. Whatever “it” is. But the thing is, those days still visit sometimes, but I don’t entertain them. I get myself busy, so there’s no time for them to linger.
I know this sounds funny and all, but seriously, the only way to beat back those feelings of not doing anything is to do something. Choose something that you love doing and do it. Maybe that’s why it is so important to choose carefully the type of business you get into. It must be something that you love doing. Something that excites you and gives as its reward a larger-than- life feeling of accomplishment.
When you make that decision, make sure that your choice of business is one that even when the down days come, you can still rise up and reach out. Sometimes the down days might even come because you can’t spend time doing that thing that you love.
Here, we will always remind you that the virtual assistant is the solution to bring to your business, so that those lazy days that don’t ever equal successful months, will simply have to ”bounce”.
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Don’t Let The Stress Hit The Fan
Its a known fact that stress is the underlying cause of a great many illnesses, well almost known fact because some people still won’t accept that. Now because of this we have to, and I stress have to, learn how to manage the many stresses in our lives. Because believe me, they are many and varied.
Since the world around us is constantly changing and more often than not for the worst, we need to find some means by which we can cope. Now brace yourself, becuase what I am now about to say has become very unpopular in our modern times, but here it is, PUT OTHERS FIRST! Why is this helpful? Becuase many times we can’t change our own situations so we feel trapped and tossed about. But putting others first, by helping others, you take away the focus from yourself and your own sense of ‘victimhood’ and become a beacon of hope. And what better feeling could there be than knowing that you have helped free someone from the pain you yourself might be feeling.
So whether you own a large conglomerate, a small business, you are a virtual assistant or a home-maker, just don’t let the stress hit the fan.
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Pay Attention To The Signs
The body is like a machine, only smarter. There are signs that should never be ignored, like sleep, hunger, pain etc. But do we not ignore some of these signs?
I am in no way assuming the role of a doctor here, but the innate intelligence that has been given to all of us tell me that stress shows up through a number of signs, and when you are in business, believe me you are not immune, but in fact you are right in the firing line.
Lack of concentration when doing a project, anxiety about getting it right, sleepless nights due to pre-occupation with a particular task, are all signs that should not be ignored.
My humble solution-prioritize, delegate take a short break (depending on the schedule you are working with) and evaluate.
For small business owners, well the solution is quite simple; get a virtual assistant. Or maybe its not exactly “quite simple”, because the tasks you are left with can bring about some level of stress. But let a virtual assistant become part of your solution, the delegating part.
Remember, signs are there to alert us to what can happen next, so please, pay attention.
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How Safe Is Your Business?
Most of your business is conducted over the Internet, and because of this, the question is asked; how safe is your business?
I would like to believe that every user of the Web is aware of the dangers involved in exchanging or sending information over the Internet and as such, the precautions that are necessary.
Small business owners and virtual assistants are no exception to this, especially since its a business that is being operated which might mean that money has been invested.
I have discovered Avast which is an anti-virus software and is quite effective. The winner of various awards, Avast is a potent solution for the protection of your files and data, and makes it safe for you to conduct your business.
