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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or what about an elegant restaurant that has a dress code prohibiting shorts? Instead of turning someone away, a restaurant staffer escorts him to a private closet that has “loaner pants.” A couple of hours later, the happy patron pays his $200 tab; he will return to the restaurant nine times the next year.

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Ep 254: Ciara Trotman on Forming Professional Relationships and Career Paths for Assistants

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In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Ciara talks about career paths for assistants, office politics, DEI for assistants, forming professional relationships, and perception vs reality when it comes to what an assistant’s job is. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.

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Ep 247: Email Management for Executive Assistants

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In this chapter, I cover tactics for managing your own email inbox, as well as your executive’s. Of course, I’d love to hear your email tips and tricks as I’m always down to get more efficient and productive, so please reach out! LEADERSHIP QUOTE Email is the gateway drug of work; Slack is the crack.

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Stay on Track for Productivity

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So, what can you do to stay focused while working form home? You can mark these blocks on your email calendar—Microsoft Outlook or Google Calendar, for instance—so it sends you reminders to stop and start. A huge time-suck for home-based workers and entrepreneurs is checking and responding to emails. Sidestep time traps.

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Habit Hack: How To Form A Habit

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To be successful at anything then, we need to form good habits that support our endeavors and carry us through to our goal’s end. This consistent and repeated act of choosing is what forms the habit. Habits are formed when we do the same things consistently over time. Don’t break the Chain! Create and Maintain the Mindset.

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Ep 219: Annie Croner on Burnout, Boundaries, Confidence, and Detaching Your Worth from Your Work

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Annie Croner is the founder and CEO of Whole Assistant, an online platform & community, formed to provide a positive place where assistants can go to transform their lives and level up their careers. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. Either way, I’d love to hear from you!

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What It’s Like to Float in a Sensory-Deprivation Tank

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The water’s high salinity means that no life form, including microbes and other pathogens, can survive. Before you can reserve your session, you have to agree to a release form. I also decide in advance how often I’ll log in to check my email inbox (usually every hour) as well as when and how long my breaks will be.

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