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I 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗽 with a 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱, thinking I’d 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆…

But nope — my 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀.

𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱.
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱.
And I 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁.😅

This is the 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 as a 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 — we’re managing so much 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀, that we 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀.

Don’t get me wrong — I 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼. 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

But today’s reminder?

👉 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬.

𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐕𝐀𝐬, I know you feel this.
𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 — if your 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂, let’s fix that. 💛

Can we talk about 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁?

You’re at a 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿, trying to 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀… and they’re looking at you like you’ve just 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐅𝐢.

“So… you don’t go to an office?”
“What do you mean you 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲?”
“Is this a 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝗯?”

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆. 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲. 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲.😅

Honestly, I’ve stopped trying to explain all the 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀, and 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱-𝘁𝗵𝗲-𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 I do as a 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁. I just smile and say:

“𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗮. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘀 — 𝗜 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱.”💻✨

Anyone else feel this? Drop a 🙋‍♀️ if your 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁.

One of the 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗵𝘀 about outsourcing?
👉 That it’s 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲.

Truth is, 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟲𝟬% compared to hiring a 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗶𝗻-𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲.

No 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 to rent.
No 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 to manage.
No 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 — just 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 where (and when) you need it most.

And bonus: you’re not just 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 — you’re 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, and 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁? Let’s chat 💛

This one always 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲!

The term “𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁” has actually been around since the 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟬𝘀 — yep, back when we were using 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹-𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 and saving files on 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀.

Of course, so much has 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 since then…

Now, we’re 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆𝘀, 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 — and helping entrepreneurs 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲 in the chaos of 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

But one thing hasn’t changed:
𝗩𝗔𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 (𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻) 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱-𝘁𝗵𝗲-𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻.

If you’re ready to 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳… you know where to find me 💛

One of the things I’ve learned supporting 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:

✨ 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 = 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀.

I know sometimes you don’t want to seem bossy, or maybe you’re just thinking,
“𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻.”

And while I appreciate the 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆… here’s the truth: without a 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲, I have to 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀 where to slot it in — and that can lead to 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 or things 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 (which neither of us wants).

Even a 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 like “𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸” or “𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲” is a 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

You get 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱, I get 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 — and the task actually gets 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. 🤝

𝗧𝗮𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿 who needs this reminder, or 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 if 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is part of your 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 this year 💛

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten a message like:

“𝗛𝗲𝘆! 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸?”

And trust me — I want to help. That’s literally what I do as a 𝐕𝐀.

But when the 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘇𝘇𝘆, it 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 (and I end up feeling like a 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 with a 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲 😅).

So here’s my gentle 𝗣𝗦𝗔: if you want to get better at 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, start by getting 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸.

It doesn’t have to be fancy — even a 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 or 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 is a 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

🤍 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀= 𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀, and more time for you to focus on 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 if 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 has ever 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝘂𝘁. And if you’re ready to start 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺? I’m here for that.

I’ve had so many clients come to me saying:

“𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽… 𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽.”

And I totally get it — 𝗩𝗔, 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿, 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲… it all starts to 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗿 when you’re deep in the 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.

So I created this 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 to help you figure out what each 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 actually does, and more importantly — 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 based on 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄.

If it sounds like a 𝐕𝐀 could be a 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 for you (or if you’re just not sure), my 𝗗𝗠𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻. I’m always happy to 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵💬

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸?

If I had a dollar for every time I heard that, I’d probably be working from a 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 by now 🌴😂

As a 𝐕𝐀, I want to make life easier for my clients — that’s literally 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼. But let’s be real…

Sometimes those “𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸” 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 turn into full-blown𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀.

One𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 here, a 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗢𝗣 there, and suddenly we’re in 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 + 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 + 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 mode 🤹‍♀️

And you know what? I wouldn’t trade it for anything (but maybe just a little more 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲😅).

Fellow 𝐕𝐀𝐬 — do you feel this in your soul?