Productivity Archives - Beatrice Ten-Thye

[VA Tip] How do you evaluate the past year and plan for the new Year

Jan 3, 2019 | Business Tools, Productivity, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistant Tips

2018 has ended and the New Year started. If you haven’t yet, this is a good time to give yourself some feedback and evaluate what went well; what didn’t go well? How can you improve the areas that didn’t go well? My typical year-end thoughts!!...

[VA Tip] Are you afraid of losing control?

Aug 29, 2018 | Efficiency, Productivity, Virtual Assistant Tips

Today, I want to talk about a sensitive subject: Are you afraid of losing control? In my 8 years of being a Virtual Assistant, I have seen this fear often. As business owners we know how our business operates, we know what to do and when. But, we don’t...

[VA Tip] How to be prepared when the unexpected happens and it’s up to you

Aug 16, 2018 | Business Tools, Efficiency, Productivity, Virtual Assistance

Lately, I’ve been taking to other VAs who brought up the question of how to protect their clients best in case they weren’t available. Here are two scenarios that I can think of: This one is an easy one: Your VA takes a vacation – I wrote a post...

[VA Tip] – Why your VAs business needs to be in community

May 3, 2018 | AssistU, Efficiency, Productivity, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistant Tips

Darn, where was that recipe hiding?? I wanted to bake my Mom’s amazing cake and needed the instructions. Having searched everywhere I could think of I declared defeat – I couldn’t bake the cake that was to be a Birthday surprise. In business, you don’t want to be in...

[VA Tip] – Finding your groove in a new partnership

Apr 12, 2018 | Efficiency, Learning, Productivity, Relationships, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistant Tips

When I started working with my first client I thought that within 2 months I’d have her business down pat. Of course, I had expected a learning curve… but I was in for a big surprise! We got off to a good start, exchanged pertinent foundational information, such...

[VA Tip] – The tools you absolutely need to use when working with a Virtual Assistant

Mar 22, 2018 | Efficiency, Productivity, Virtual Assistance, Virtual Assistant Tips

Here I was with a Virus on my computer. Not that that in itself is so bad. The thing was as soon as I removed it, it came back. Of course I had installed Virus protection and Internet security. You know, I work with MAC computers, and don’t they say these beautiful...