Apologies--bridges to deeper connections

On circling the wagons

Never try to convince anyone...

Happy endings--how to let a client go with ease and grace
Oy, I'm late. No excuses. Hope you enjoy today's Moxie, and hope that those of you celebrating, have a magical and love-filled Thanksgiving! On with the post... Although we’re on our annual winter break at AssistU, one of the conversations that was going on earlier this week dealt with how to end a relationship with a client one doesn’t want to work with any more. I find that my coaching clients have no problem doing this when there’s been a problem of some sort. But when that’s not the case, they struggle. So I thought this week’s

Email/Domain names--make 'em easy!
D works as a network administrator at a hospital here in Baltimore. They’ve created an email naming convention that, for me, is beyond stupid. It’s a person’s first initial, and then up to seven characters of the last name. And this works well for Dominic Brice whose address becomes dbrice@thehospitaldomain.com. But let’s say I were unmarried, my name were still Stacy Wiedenhoeft, and I worked there. I’d be unpleasantly stuck with swiedenh@thehospitaldomain.com. Can you imagine? Cant' say it out loud, and can't really spell it in any way that makes sense to someone listening. It's just stupid! I rib him about t

How to help clients with needs you can’t meet
I know a lot of VAs who aren’t struggling, and I meet my share of people who are. Some have even questioned whether “in this economy” they should lower their fees, or reduce the hours included in their minimum retainers. I could be cavalier and say, “If you want clients who will pay what you ask, only talk with people who can afford your fee.” And I’d be spot on with that. But that’s not very helpful to most people. And I genuinely want to help. So first off—remember that when people don’t want to pay you what you’re worth, it doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t see your value, or that your fees

You can't convince the unready
My friend, Toni Jo, and I went to an Abraham-Hicks workshop in DC, recently. And while there, I was reminded about something really important—something I’ve taught in one form or another for the past 12+ years about Attraction, although Abraham said it far more eloquently than I have in the past. That same thing was further driven home for me today when my friend Marcia wrote to me and let me know she’d posted

This is your world...
Today’s Bit O’Moxie comes from a magnet I look at every day. Gary Lew (someone I can find nothing interesting about, much to my chagrin) said: This is your world. Shape it or someone else will. I most often think of it with regard to two different things. First, our profession. I’ve long said that our leaders’ disagreement about what we do and what we are is ultimately going to cause the public to define us—and we’re not going to like it. Even now, you see where coaches (the main culprits) often try to tell VAs what they SHOULD be doing to be great VAs. And I think it’s