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Memos, Not Meetings: Why Asynchronous Work and Communication Are Best

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Like so many others people on the planet, my husband came home to work during Covid, after having happily been in an office for all of his work life. Management set up a daily, hour-long, 9a meeting for his team via their internal collaboration platform. The purpose was to keep the team connected and give them a way to, first thing each day, talk through anything that needs to be discussed.

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This Business Lesson Took Me a Decade to Unlearn. Here’s How To Do It Faster.

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Every-other week or so, we ask the VAs in our community a question meant to spark conversation and learning. I always chime in! Recently, my team posted this: “What business lesson took you the longest to unlearn?”. I was amazed, but it took me a full week to be able to answer it. When I did, here’s what I wrote: “People may not like what you’ve decided to do or the way that you’ve done it, and they may talk badly of you, but as long as you’re behaving with integrity, nothing they say about you

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Moxie Tip #23: Leadership

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Truly successful Virtual Assistants lead in a variety of ways: in their profession, with their clients, and in changing the way the world works. No matter where you are in your VA journey, you can always be a leader for someone else. The post Moxie Tip #23: Leadership appeared first on AssistU.

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Moxie Tip #16: Building Trust

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Some people are naturally easily trusting. Others struggle. If you have a client who’s struggling, suggest that s/he give you a small thing to handle (take a small risk). Handle it superbly. Make sure s/he’s delighted. Do it again. Then again. Every time the risk/good outcome cycle repeats, trust builds. You should be able to have a reasonable amount of trust built with any client inside of 30 days.

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Moxie Tip #15: Saying No

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You can. You should. If you always do what’s best for your biz, there’s no way around doing it. And guess what? There’s never a reason to feel guilty for doing what’s best for you. You can’t please the world all the time, but you can and should please yourself. Saying no to things that don’t fit for you (for whatever reason) is a very good way to say yes to yourself, and to craft a business and life you adore!

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Moxie Tip #13: Model Your Ethics

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One of the hallmarks of a terrific and successful Virtual Assistant is not only having great ethics, but modeling them for her clients. Isn’t leading great? :). The post Moxie Tip #13: Model Your Ethics appeared first on AssistU.

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Moxie Tip #12: Check Your Ethics

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Ethics are a big deal in life and in business. No one likes to deal with people whose ethics are lacking. How high are yours? For instance, would you know a conflict of interest if you saw one? And do you have a standard for how to deal with one when it shows up? The post Moxie Tip #12: Check Your Ethics appeared first on AssistU.

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