In my career as a Business Coach and prior to that as an Auditor in the VAT division at SARS (South African Revenue Services) I became aware of one of the most common errors made by business people when they first go out on their own and start a business. What is this you ask?…
How to Find a Good Assistant – The First Four Steps
The right assistant can add years to your life! Ask any CEO, manager or business owner and they will tell you that good staff, and especially admin assistants (be they virtual or on-site), can lighten your workload and make your life easier. They’re there to support you professionally in work-related as well as personal matters.…
One Fundamental Thing You Should Learn To Survive This Era
I read this story once that said that in the 60’s when the Russians and Americans where competing to get the first man to the moon, the American astronauts discovered that their pens didn’t work in space. They couldn’t write because there was no gravity to pull the ink out onto the paper. So NASA…
Top 10 Online Tools for Virtual Assistants – Part 2
Last week we mentioned that the reason you have a virtual assistant is to help you achieve your strategic objectives and even more importantly, that he/she gets the job done in the most efficient way possible. We shared 5 of the 10 most helpful online tools we use to manage our virtual assistants’ efficiency and…
Top 10 Online Tools for Virtual Assistants
The reason you have a virtual assistant is to help you achieve your strategic objectives. Even more important is that your virtual assistant gets the job done in the most efficient way possible. Over the next two weeks AdminAssist will be sharing the 10 most helpful online tools we use to manage our virtual assistants’…
How toGet into ‘The Zone’ and Spend Most of Your Time There
You market your business to clients for 8 hours straight; yet when you have to write the ‘About Us’ section for your website, you’re at a loss for words? Or you devise excellent strategies for your business’s future, but when you have to capture the past month’s financial data you feel absolutely drained?Does this sound…
How to Focus on What You Do Best and Maximize Your Impact
Does this sound familiar? You talk to your clients for 8 hours straight; yet when you have to write the ‘About Us’ section for your website, you’re at a loss for words? Or you devise excellent strategies for your business’s future, but when you have to capture the past month’s financial data you feel absolutely…
Assistants to suit your business’s changing needs
In today’s fast changing business environment, companies across all sectors continue to face all sorts of challenges in reaching their long and short term goals. Business owners need to step up their game in order to stay relevant and ahead of their competitors. With the growing need for new strategies and effective management, a new…
How to Stop Doing the Things you Don’t Like
In a previous post ‘How to focus on what you do best and maximize your impact’ we stated that the most important reason for delegation is that it enables you to spend the majority of your time in your strength zone – causing you to be happier, more productive, deliver better quality work and increase…
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