How’s this for a thought-provoking question from a female reader:
“Men have the luxury of a wife to hold down the fort while they concentrate on their job. How can women prioritize and still make progress in starting a business. And I still need to work part-time at my former job as I begin my new career. I think *I* need a wife!”
We all have 168 hours a week. Do a zero-based budget where you decide in advance how you will allocate those 168 hours. You may in fact need an assistant – if you imply that a “wife” does all those things that could be done by someone else and keep you from doing your highest leveraged activities. I tell people that in a small business like mine there are probably 20-25 different areas of responsibility that need to be covered. I do maybe 2 or 3 of those really well. And that’s where I want to spend my time. So yes, I have lots of people whose skills compliment my own. Not “employees” but simply service providers who are categorized as free-lance, independent contractors or something similar. I have about 15 such people who then allow me to do what I love most – thinking and writing.
You can find a virtual assistant that can help you with lots of things you may be doing yourself – freeing you up to do those activities that give you a higher return.
Here are just a few places to find your “wife:”
http://www.virtualassistantisrael.com/
http://www.contemporaryva.com/home/
http://www.48days.net/ search “virtual assistant”
Now that I think about it I am blessed with a harem – and Joanne approves — how cool is that?
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