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I have no desire to write a book nor do I plan to do so anytime soon. So when the question arose “If you could write a book or if you plan to write a book, what would be the subject of that publication?” I thought I would just pass on this post. However, not being one to take the easy road, I decided if I had to write a book it would certainly be an inspirational piece.

I was fortunate to not have anything handed to me in life as my parents knew the benefit of good old fashion hard work. This is what I would share. All those life lessons that I have learned along the way to becoming who I am today. The topic would be about life handing you lemons and you making lemonade, but somehow I do not think it would be a mushy feel good piece.

I am an avid reader and find that I am drawn to people’s stories. Both my business and personal readings are often times biographies, real life accounts or survivor stories. This is how I would want to write should I ever take that challenge.

I have taken several writing course however I still have this mental block when it comes to the whole idea of writing a piece let alone a book. So for now I will stick to speaking and possibly video, to get...

There are many people I would love to meet, both past and present, to pick their brain and have a conversation with. But the one person that I truly would love to meet and will never have the chance, is my husband's mother.

One reason, and the biggest, she has been deceased since before I met my husband. It saddens me that she would never meet our two children. I know this was a dream of hers, for him to have a strong family life, and I am sure that he thinks about that often.

The other is I would love to hear her story. She was certainly a strong woman, lived life for herself and not what the rules dictated. She broke those rules, divorced and remarried when it was not a common thing to do. She had three more children and blended her family to be such a strong unit. She worked outside the home when it was not your typical place for a woman. She picked up the pieces after her second husband suddenly passed and saw to it that her children were educated and led fulfilled lives. And she made sure her children did not want for one thing.

Being a business women with my focus on my family, I am certain that there are many life lessons she could have shared with me. As I sometimes...

This month’s challenge is a real thinker! Essential has many different meanings and interpretations so I decided to take my lead from the dictionary. Essential is to me:

Adjective: (necessary; needed) – Having ethics and integrity is essential to My Office Assistant and an invaluable business practice.

Noun: (a basic, indispensable, or necessary element) – The essentials of virtual assistance is communication and partnership.

Adverb: (relating to the most important characteristics or ideas of something) – It is essential for myself as a business owner to continue to grow with knowledge and education.

Based on the information above, what would essential mean to you?

What does your elevator speech say about you? I could sit here and tell you all the ins and outs when it come to your speech. I could sit here and tell you what you should include and how you should present yourself. However, you have heard or read that all before. Being involved in a lot of face to face networking I can tell you the tips that have worked for me and what has not.

The purpose of your elevator speech is to sell your business and yourself and what better way to do that than be proud of your business and have confidence in yourself. I have found that sitting at networking events listening to the same pitches again and again can be rather tedious. So I changed up my strategy a bit and now instead of what I do, how I can save you money and what a virtual assistant is I focus on myself as a business owner.

I talk about what my latest project is for my business and how it can be applied to yours. I tell about what my obstacles of being a business owner are and how I overcome them. I talk about being a small business owner using social media to promote myself and My Office Assistant. I present questions that many entrepreneurs have and provide the answers to them.

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Success is measured by many in all sorts of ways. For some it is money or wealth and for others it is numbers, whether it is clients, followers or employees. To me success boils down to two things: time and happiness.

Most you understand the happiness part but time you ask. Well I look at it this way, what is the point of happiness if you have no time to enjoy it. Really, if you are overwhelmed time wise than are you really achieving your happiness. Don’t get me wrong, time does not mean are you busy, time means are you spending it wisely to enjoy all the things that are important to you.

So the question was posed “Success as a Virtual Assistant is…” and here is my answer. As a virtual assistant I have the choice of the client that I take on as well as the amount of hours. I am blessed at this point because I truly like and enjoy working with all of my clients. Maybe it is because they are a lot like me and maybe it was just the luck of the draw but none the less, I have superior clients.
I am also blessed to enjoy all the work I do for my clients. Of course as a virtual assistant this is the choice that I get to make. There is very little that I do not enjoy doing, but it is nice...