Every-other week or so, we ask the VAs in our community a question meant to spark conversation and learning. I always chime in! Recently, my team posted this: “What business lesson took you the longest to unlearn?” I was amazed, but it took me a full week to be able...
Have you heard about “quiet quitting?” How about “lying flat,” or #actyourwage? They are all terms belonging to recent movements in reaction to inequity and inequality for employees in “The New American Sweatshop™.” In theory, sweatshops have long been gone from the...
Setting your fees for profitability is a complicated matter, and one that needs to be navigated so that you know how to set yourself up for it in your new businesses from the jump. But raising fees is simple. If there’s anything complicated about that, it would be...
After my post about micromanaging, Maria reached out with a terrific question: Anastacia, you said that MY systems and processes need to support me well. But I work in my CLIENT’S systems and processes and I don’t feel like they support me well in the work I do, so I...
Micromanaging, unless it’s a result of a mental-health issue, is a reaction to feeling unsafe. If you have a client or team member who micromanages you, whether all the time, or periodically, it’s likely for one of these reasons: You’ve dropped enough balls that she...
A friend was recently gifted a copy of The Bucket List: 1000 Adventures Big & Small, by Kath Stathers. An outdoor enthusiast, she jumped into it with wild abandon, and excitedly asked me to share some of the things on my own bucket list. Unfortunately (?) I...
Moxie comes from living your truth, and running your business in a way that honors it. It takes a willingness to explore who you are and what you want, high standards, savvy, commitment, smarts, skill, a terrific strength of character, and ease with grace and humility.
Here on our blog, we explore elements and aspects of moxie to help you raise your own bar on a truly amazing life and business. We hope you’ll visit often!