Comments on: Help, My Virtual Assistant Is Turning Me Into A Moron!

By: Grainne Foley

Grainne Foley — Tue, 17 May 2011 00:22:00 +0000

You’ve really hit the nail on the head and I have to say in
agreement with previous posts that I’m getting a strong “far from moron” vibe
from your article. As a virtual “matchmaker,” I find myself very often
explaining to people that VA’s are not just for those things that you can’t do,
but for those things that you don’t have time to do – even if they are
enjoyable. One of the most difficult decisions we have to make to be successful
in business is how to best spend our time. The wonderful thing about this
industry is that we all have access to incredible talent in any area of our
business that we need, so we can afford to be very precise in how we choose to
spend our time. Instead of struggling through tasks that we are only adequate
at- we can partner with someone who is a pro and can handle those tasks with
ease. That leaves us time to focus on the things that we really do NEED to be
working on. If I read your meaning correctly, your passion is the discourse and
the teaching, not necessarily the creation so let your VA do the leg work and
you enjoy the ride!

By: bob

bob — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:15:34 +0000

A Virtual Assistant can do many of the administrative and time-consuming tasks in the company and the company can simply enjoy the outputs.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:15:00 +0000

A Virtual Assistant can do many of the administrative and time-consuming tasks in the company and the company can simply enjoy the outputs.

By: Debbie Westwood

Debbie Westwood — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:16:33 +0000

I agree with the others who have commented here: knowing that you can’t do everything is not the hallmark of a moron, but rather an intelligent business decision.
I offer virtual litigation support (eDiscovery) services and my clients use me, not because they couldn’t figure it out for themselves, but because I can do it faster, and more cost-effectively, than they can.
Being a small business owner myself, I know that although I could do all the administrative things myself, it takes away time from things that only *I* can do for my business. So which is smarter: taking three days to figure out my taxes, or taking three days to build new client relationships?

By: Debbie Westwood

Debbie Westwood — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:16:00 +0000

By: Nickey Hollenbach

Nickey Hollenbach — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:36:38 +0000

You are far from a moron! It takes a secure, intelligent individual to enlist the help of anyone to do anything for them – but when you enlist the help of a Virtual Assistant (VA) to help you with your business – and even personal life – it merely shows how confident and secure you are, as well as cutting edge! Looking for a VA can be as easy as visiting a site such as VANetworking.com to get some idea of what type of VA you are looking for and how to go about finding just the right one for you. Again – congratulations on your fabulous insight into the word of Virtual Assistance!

By: Nickey Hollenbach

Nickey Hollenbach — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:36:00 +0000

By: Todd Leon

Todd Leon — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:39:47 +0000

Good post and no worries, since you didn’t outsource content creation, there would be a long distance between you and a moron. I have been accustomed to sharing ideas with my virtual assistant instead of pouring all tasks to them, although he will take care of the implementation as yours did, what I really appreciate is the high-quality feedbacks, some of which really throw light upon my previous ideas, BPOVIA does pretty well in cooperating with her clients, and I think this is one of the key elements which help establish BPOVIA ‘s leadership from her date of birth.

By: Todd Leon

Todd Leon — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:39:00 +0000

By: Josh Barrett

Josh Barrett — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:39:27 +0000

Must be something in the air, I was blogging about some of the same things today. These are just tradeoffs to get the things you want. Sure, you could be an inch deep in everything, but by making some tradeoffs, you are rich with depth in the areas you care about or that you need to be for your work. I like to think I’m good about reexamining my tradeoffs from time to time, to make sure they are still relevant to what I want or need to do, which lets me keep feeling good (most of the time) about the choices I make.