Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 10, 2012

A: An executive assistant role is a great spring board to get your feet wet in the industry. Be willing to do anything and learn a lot of different skill sets and software programs so you are indispensable. If you don't know, try everything and learn what you DON'T like so you can make better decisions.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 24, 2017

How do you make the jump from your current role into perhaps a completely different industry? For me, my career took a natural path from purely EA work to Events and Project Management a career and industry which I love. Get a mentor. But what if you don’t find it enough for you?

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 24, 2017

How do you make the jump from your current role into perhaps a completely different industry? For me, my career took a natural path from purely EA work to Events and Project Management a career and industry which I love. Get a mentor. But what if you don’t find it enough for you?

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Success

AUGUST 31, 2023

She ultimately decided to leave the industry altogether to pursue entrepreneurship. If I did not have a noncompete, I would not have left the industry I was so excited to be a part of for so many years.” As Davenport learned, while TV stations might negotiate on other terms of a contract, noncompetes were an “absolute non-negotiable.”

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

I've worked for him for 2 years, and recently I learned his boss is being replaced. This person is not bringing their assistant, and I've learned they will get the assistant to her predecessor. This person is not bringing their assistant, and I've learned they will get the assistant to her predecessor.” This is a bad idea!

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Success

MAY 25, 2024

VC funding, popularized by reality TV shows like Shark Tank , is often characterized by monetary investment in early-stage, high-potential startups who are perceived to be industry disruptors. Iterate based on investor feedback: Each question or objection from potential investors is an opportunity to learn and refine your strategy.

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Ideas.Ted

JUNE 24, 2021

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi explores the history of this global custom, which can be found from executives in corporate boardrooms in industrialized countries to Indigenous tribes in Papua New Guinea and the Amazon. . Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage by Anne Lamott (TED Talk: 12 truths I learned from life and writing ) .

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