Sat.Mar 10, 2012 - Fri.Mar 16, 2012

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The Moxie of Reinvention

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Yesterday was a big day here at AssistU , and I wanted to share the news with you. If you’ve been reading VMoxie for any length of time, you probably know that at the end of 2010, after 13 years, we stopped training VAs. Our Virtual Training Program was still super solid, but with the economy tanking, our revenue model and our delivery model no longer made sense for us in a way that would allow us to continue.

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Moxie Tip 133: Are you committed?

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My friend Jessie Marianiello always thought she wanted to be a writer, and teach writing at the University level. Well on her way but not as happy as she thought she would have been, one morning she asked herself, "What do you really love?" The swift answer was, "Dogs and art.". In short order, and without a plan B, she'd quit her teaching job, and committed herself, wholeheartedly, to a new venture, Stray Dog Arts , and to doing exactly and only what she loved.

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Moxie Tip 134: Looking Back to Look Ahead

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Sometimes, the best way to think about the future is in the context of the recent past. Consider creating a wordle --either from your business blog, or maybe your web site. .

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Moxie Tip 136: Creative Solutions

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Happy clients can keep your practice full. And one path to keeping them happy is to create custom solutions to every challenge or opportunity. Think to yourself, "What solution would be the best for my client given everything I know about who and how she is in the world?" Then suggest that. Don't simply feed the client a gob of stuff you've heard about or blindly recommend what a colleague shares with you.

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Moxie Tip 135: Good Standards

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Business OWNERS make the rules/standards for their businesses because they're good for the businesses they own. As a business owner, it’s critical to step up when someone tries to remove your right call your own shots in your biz.

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