Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 23, 2015

Having low self-esteem or confidence issues can be a real challenge in life, particularly in the office and particularly for assistants. Although not all of us are blessed with unwavering self-confidence (I certainly am not!) Here are my top three: Skills. These skills make you a fantastic assistant.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

My self-esteem grew by leaps and bounds as I became more active in IAAP. Ultimately, these leadership skills directly translated to my job. If your manager is still using the term secretary, correct him and let him know how to properly refer to you when introducing you to someone in person or in email.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

My self-esteem grew by leaps and bounds as I became more active in IAAP. Ultimately, these leadership skills directly translated to my job. If your manager is still using the term secretary, correct him and let him know how to properly refer to you when introducing you to someone in person or in email.

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IAAP Self Esteem Administrative Professionals Agenda 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

E.g., if that inner voice is telling you your blog posts are not well written, commit to taking a writing course to bolster your skills and confidence. Have a routine where you regularly work to boost your self confidence. Look for concrete ways you can counter the doubts. Comments No comments yet.

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Any co-worker checking social media notifications instead of reading employee emails qualifies as online procrastination. For instance, an employee may spend all day sorting and filing their emails instead of outlining and working on a project that has closely approaching due dates. A lack of clear goals (poor project management).

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

He was very self reliant so he didn’t want me to touch his unique filing system. I knew that I could help him so in the first few months of working together I started to print out his email attachments and anything that he might need for an upcoming meeting.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I thought she had the potential to be a great assistant except for her low self esteem and she would put herself down when she made a mistake. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 22, 2020

I wish I could remember which blogger gentleman wrote at length about this concept of your self esteem coming from more than one source. (I Don’t stake all your self confidence on one, narrow sliver of your humanity. So while this didn’t directly enhance my career, I had more fun with life skills everyone should have.

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Virtual Moxie

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Stay away from email! Categories 30-Day Projects Business Communication Expectations Fees Legalese Moxie Relationships Self-Care Standards Web/Tech Moxie Archives Feb, 05 to Today Search Translate Moxie Also Mine « Are you open? Its where savvy, committed, smart and highly skilled meet spunky, shameless, gutsy, and brazen.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 14, 2015

I have been getting your comments and emails. And in consulting with some of the people above, I also realized a part of it was tied to self esteem/confidence, knowing what they wanted, or establishing priorities. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 7, 2010

This builds your self-esteem, and the person you contact will remember that you made the effort to talk to them. Stay Consistent In A Skill/Activity Of Yours This one is a continually impressive item. If you have a skill, and stay consistent in using it, this will grow more and more.

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 6, 2010

We’re dealing with 122 pages in which he’s talking about: achievement and success, productivity, confidence and self-esteem, business, body and mind, people and relationships. If I would have to share in a single paragraph what I got from this book, it would go like this: a fresh and honest perspective on self-improvement.

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Brilliantly Better

MAY 10, 2010

I think a lot of my self-esteem and self-confidence is due to exercising. With the exception of a few breaks when I was only running, I have been weightlifting consistently since I was 15 years old. And I ran the Chicago marathon back in 2002. Exercise has made an extremely positive impact on my life.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 1, 2010

You’ll have to apologize for mistakes you made or for something you forgot and that fell through the cracks or for being snappy in that last email. But having the self-esteem, confidence, and finding the balance is hard. Mary – But having the self-esteem, confidence, and finding the balance is hard.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The Newtonian Laws Of Business – The First Law Reply Dean Rieck ( @DeanRieck ) November 30, 2009 at 10:39 am This sort of aggressive copy works for certain products and certain buyers, generally for self-help and get-rich-quick. But it requires little skill and no finesse, so it’s easy and fun to write. Your life is crap!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2014

For all my new readers, I’ll answer your question by going through your entire email. If you can learn to work with them, you have skills that 99.9% They have no/poor communication skills, they lack intra and interpersonal awareness. Or it could be that he is just mentally ill, has some sort of addiction, or low self esteem.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 10, 2010

Enjoyable Things To Do For Your Sister Reply 17 dragos March 11, 2010 at 7:55 am Well, thank you Reply 18 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills March 10, 2010 at 11:15 pm This was brilliant Dragos. Jonathan – Advanced Life Skills´s last blog. Reply 16 Anne Lyken-Garner March 10, 2010 at 10:58 pm Well said and beautifully executed.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 20, 2010

In my old music school there were plenty of teachers who were incredible players and missed no opportunity to show their skills to their students. We respect your email privacy Well never rent, sell, or otherwise share information we collect, because thatd be a violation of everything we believe in. "I Leave a Comment!

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

In fact, they seriously lack in professional qualifications, the kind required to be dispassionate and unbiased – essential skills if you truly want to help a person. Now, of course, self-help books are not always a total waste of time. But a good self-help book knows its own limits. Dunning-Kruger effect. Reply Go ahead.

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Brilliantly Better

JUNE 17, 2010

Because helping the other person fulfills some internal desire for recognition and self-esteem. Suppose now you’re the other guy, the one who is asked for help. What do you do? You come to the rescue, you help the other person. You’re a Rescuer. Now suppose you’re the boss of the two workers above. thanks so much Seth M.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If you’re usually a shy guy, and that is your real nature (that’s nothing wrong with being shy, by the way) and you get into a personal relationship which will feed your self-esteem, you will accomplish a lot of stuff. Suppose the relationship is just an illusion, and your partner doesn’t really care about you.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

When their readers don’t actually know what they do, because they never visit the site, they simply open Google Reader or their email for the RSS feed. A chance to show off all of my skills and convey the sense that “hey, I can do this for you too.&# LOL) and also sells, then it’s not sweatshop labour any more.

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

Like, say, emailing us to ask if this is the right email to email us at, when the email you should use to apply is written on the job ad. When the job ad says email us with information and samples, don’t tweet us and say, “Just click here.&# DON’T have low self-esteem. Bangamon.&#

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

Especially when you’re inexperienced, self-esteem issues come into play – having people you respect say that you’re doing something right. My blogging provides an advertisement for my skills as a writer, blogger, and social media “definitely not an expert, but I play one on the Internet” expert. Has it worked?

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