Why a Personal Assistant may be right for you

If you are busy professional that never seems to have enough hours in a day, hiring a Personal Assistant (PA) can be a step in the right direction. With a PA you can be more productive, reduce your stress level, and most of all spend your time on what matters.

Celebrities and famous people have learned to leverage their assistants to get more done in a day. If your disposable income does not allow for a full time employee you could hire an assistant by the hour from a concierge and errand service company. In the last few years these companies are flourishing in every major metropolitan area. Check the International Concierge and Errand association at http://www.iceaweb.org/ for a provider in your area.

When it comes to the tasks that you need to delegate, the important questions to ask yourself are
- Do I have the time to do it myself?
- Do I want to complete the task?
- Am I going to complete the task on time?

If your answer is “no” to any of these questions than you should consider delegating the task. Before hiring the assistant decide what tasks you would like to delegate and your budget.

Take the following sample list of tasks that a PA can perform and think how much time you can save by having a PA complete them.
Travel arrangements
Buying gifts for special occasion
Car maintenance
Caring for pets
Dry cleaning pick up
Grocery shopping
Maintaining household, business, and social calendar
Scheduling all appointments
Organizing special events
Handling all email and written correspondence
Managing bill-paying
Maintaining all personal and business files
Maintaining address book
Writing personal thank-you notes, invitations and greeting cards
Completing all personal errands

A good PA makes an enormous contribution to the employer's effectiveness and posses numerous professional skills. Once you hire a Personal Assistant you will realize that it is well worth the investment

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Why a To-Do List?

Why people use a To-Do list?

Start by creating a simple To-Do list. This can be done on paper, on your computer, on-line... check out http://www.tadalist.com/ it's free and best of all easy,,, Check out the video.

Break down the list into manageable chunks, a daily, weekly, monthly and finally a yearly list. You can break it down to whatever works for you. Keep it short, try not to have more than 10 things on a your daily To-Do list as a long list may overwhelm you and thus reduce your success rate in completing your tasks.

There are tons of tools out there to help you get organized and most of all remember to delegate tasks that can be done by others.

The 5 major reasons for using a To-Do list.

1. Peace of mind

2. Achieving your goals

3. Improving your productivity

4. Saving you money

5. Reducing your stress