Welcome to May! This month I am focusing on the Wellness Pillar of Live a BIG Life. I am excited about this Pillar because it encompasses so many things and truly impact the other 4 Pillars: career, family, financial and spiritual.   Please stay tuned to this entire Series. This is not about crazy diets and sacrificing yo...

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Not a week goes by that someone doesn't ask me "how does Jasmine do it?" What they mean by this is that Jasmine Freeman, my Chief Executive Assistant, is heavily involved in my business as well as in our community and she has a beautiful family of four children and a spouse at home. We decided to sit down and talk about career and life balance ...

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Dear Monday Motivators! Did you run into any instances this weekend when you emotionally shopped? I bet a lot of the shopping we do is emotional. For example, you go into the local Hallmark store at the Christmas holiday to purchase a card and get all warm and fuzzy seeing all the Christmas wrap, bows and other goodies and walk out with $30.00 or ...

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Happy Monday! In case you have not read the first few MMs of April, I am focusing on the Financial Pillar of Living a BIG Life this month. But before I get into that, I want to say Happy Administrative Professionals Week to all the fantastic men and women who call this their Career of Choice! It truly is an amazing and exciting career with lots of...

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Before I get into this week's Monday Motivator I just want to let you know that it's not too late to register for the FREE Q&A with me. The call takes place tomorrow. Learn more about the call and register yourself now! I'll be answering YOUR questions related to being an assistant. I've never done this before so sign up now and be sure not so ...

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Executive Assistants—How to Train Your Manager If you think about today’s manager, executive, leader (whichever you’re comfortable with) they are independent, tech-savvy, and very proud that they can do things on their own. While this is good news, you’re going to have to train your manager on better utilizing you and to ma...

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Monday Motivators, it's time to Give Yourself Permission to Live a BIG Life! Welcome back to work and a fresh, new Monday! I’m sure most of you took vacations, enjoyed spring break, or visited family over the Easter holiday. I enjoyed a 5-day holiday with my big family in Cleveland, Ohio—sisters, brother-in-laws, cousins, 2nd cousins, ...

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What are you going to do this season that you’ve never done before and have always wanted to do? Dear Monday Motivators, Happy Monday! Are you having a hard time getting yourself going this morning? Well, hopefully this will wake you up. I’m jumping right into this week’s topic. FEAR! Fear can prevent you from progress...

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Yay! It’s another Monday. We are already seeing spring in Las Vegas although many of you are still experiencing winter. The good news is that spring is just around the corner. Colorful flowers will start to peek up from the soil; beautiful little flower buds and greenery will blossom from trees; birds will start chirping and all of nature wil...

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As an executive assistant you may be curious about what type of dialog you should be responsible for in your one-on-one meetings. Here's some great tips from Joan Burge. If you missed Part 1 of this video visit: Executive and Assistant One-on-One Meeting Instructions with Joan Burge

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