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A growing trend in today’s business culture is that of the virtual assistant. For many entrepreneurs, there are many benefits. These include the ability to assign administrative tasks so that you can focus on business growth as well as having a bonus resource to help ensure that you are organized, on schedule, and staying on track to meeting your goals.
Studies show that the quantity of decisions made may directly affect the quality of decisions made since the executive function of your brain – aka the decision maker – has limits. This is called, “decision fatigue.” And it’s not only NOT a joke… it’s genuinely serious.
On Monday morning when you look at your to-do list, what do you see? A list of tasks you that you have to do in order for your business to continue to function and operate? Do you also have a secondary list of items that would be great to do if you had the time?
Many business owners – entrepreneurs, micropreneurs, and solopreneurs – have a love-hate relationship with social media. All the “marketing experts” out there tell you that you need to be on social media but several of those same experts have differing opinions and ideas on what social media platforms you MUST use, how, and how often.
The best ideas often happen in the most unexpected places and inopportune times when your mind is aimlessly engaged in a nonspecific activity. The best thing you can do under such circumstances is capture those fleeting ideas, thoughts, and feelings before they vanish forever. Some do it on the back of the napkin. The more organized ones do it with a notebook at hand.
From entertaining games that promote creativity and learning, to utilitarian apps that organize your to-do lists, controversial apps that help you spy on your spouse, and even life-saving apps that monitor your heart rate, if you dream it, you can find it. Because there appear to be inexhaustible markets for online apps (ever hear of iFart and ZitPicker?) – many developers have been led to believe all they need to do for an app to be successful is to… build it and they will come.
One of the fastest and most-effective ways to get more business is to build a strong social media presence. Yet, like swords, social media cuts both ways. You have to wield it well for you and your brand to benefit from its immense potential. If you don’t, it can come back around and cut you. Bad.
Nobody particularly likes making mistakes. Yet, perhaps one of the greatest lessons in business is learning to not be afraid of this possibility. However, another great lesson in business is realizing you don’t always have to learn from the mistakes you make when they do inevitably happen either.