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Picking up skills along the EA career path

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve been an EA for quite some time now, in fact I started working in 2003 so it has been a decade. The skills you pick up along the assistant career path are invaluable and I for one would not be able to do the job I do today if I hadn’t started as a Team Administrator back in 2003. Learning to multi-task.

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Want More Charisma? It All Starts with Your Mind

Success

Sharon Salzberg, who has helped popularize Buddhist meditation in the West, sums up loving-kindness as follows: Sitting comfortably, with your eyes shut, repeat simple wishes in your head such as: May I be safe, may I be happy, may I be healthy and may I live with ease. This can help you make an indelible impression, she says.

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The ups and downs of working from home

Practically Perfect PA

When I first started out as a team administrator back in 2003 despite having a (massively bulky) laptop I rarely worked from home. I didn’t have a blackberry… actually I didn’t have a mobile phone that accepted emails or had the internet so it wasn’t easy to stay connected.

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Are we still going green?

Practically Perfect PA

When I first started working in London in 2003 one of the key initiatives for most companies was corporate social responsibility and more specifically making the office environmentally friendly. Don’t keep your electronic equipment on if you are not using it – if your mobile phone is fully charged remove it from the charger.

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Living the Mobile Life - Colleagues Share Their Virtual Business Strategies and Tools

Stephanie LH Calahan

  I've been doing it since 2003! If Global No Mobile - Do NOT use your mobile phone overseas if you can avoid it.you will pay through the nose!! If Global No Mobile - Do NOT use your mobile phone overseas if you can avoid it.you will pay through the nose!! .  Today, we're going to share some more! 

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Solopreneurs: Are You Losing Potential Clients?

Office Organization Success

If you find yourself missing out on potential clients, contacts falling through the cracks, or not following up in a timely manner then your problem is simply a lack of an efficient contact management system! Do you have a record of each of your clients/colleagues contact data, i.e. name, address, email, website, phone number etc.?

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The Freedom to Work from Anywhere: Your Virtual Business Tips (Part 4)

Stephanie LH Calahan

Many of my friends and colleagues run their businesses from all over the world and I have had a mobile business since 2003. I like having a long battery life and having the full functionality of the Windows Platform on my phone. I have Dropbox on my phone as well so I can easily send documents to my consultants while on the road.

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