http://blog.virtualvacoach.com Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:38:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am so excited that I just finished my presentation at the Online Summit, and am able to listen into the other speakers now.  Wow, what a wonderful line-up and I can't wait to get all the recordings.  If you haven't checked out IVAA, it is definitely an organization I ... http://blog.virtualvacoach.com/2008/10/24/ivaa-3rd-annual-online-summit/ Feel the fear and do it anyway. - Susan Jeffers So we have spent the week addressing fear, the causes of fear, how perfectionism can cause fear, but now that we know all these things, what are we going to do with it?  I tell you what I am going to do.  ... http://blog.virtualvacoach.com/2008/10/10/quote-of-the-day-do-it-anyway/ Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person. - Dr. David M. Burns How many of us allow our fear of doing something wrong hold us back?  I believe at times ... http://blog.virtualvacoach.com/2008/10/09/quote-of-the-day-fear-lurks-behind-perfectionism/ Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt. - George Sewell I loved this quote because the majority of us hate having to pay taxes, yet when you think about it, we could do have to pay taxes for our guilt.  We are afraid that our guilt will come out in ... http://blog.virtualvacoach.com/2008/10/08/quote-of-the-day-fear-is-a-tax/ Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them. Marilyn Ferguson To begin to overcome your fear, you must first look at what you are ... http://blog.virtualvacoach.com/2008/10/07/quote-of-the-day-what-are-you-afraid-of-and-why/ Last week we talked about change, and havingthe flexibility to change.  This week I would like to shift our Quote Topic to Fears.  Many of us are afraid of change, and we allow our fears to keep us from instituting change. So let's spend this week discussing fears and overcoming them.  This ... http://blog.virtualvacoach.com/2008/10/06/october-6th-quote-of-the-day/ "Nothing endures but change." - Heraclitus I think that once we truly accept this statement as a fact, we can begin to enjoy the changes that come into our lives.  We no longer have to fear what changes will come tomorrow, but as we discussed this week, we can embrace those changes, ... http://blog.virtualvacoach.com/2008/10/03/october-1st-quote-of-the-day/ Recently I was invited to take a survey that intended to find out more information about virtual assistants – a survey about virtual assistants created by a virtual assistant to be taken by other virtual assistants.   Great idea in theory, right? Needless to say, I was excited to take the survey.  ... http://blog.virtualvacoach.com/2008/10/02/the-changing-definition-of-what-a-va-is-and-can-be/ It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not. - James Gordon, M.D. Okay, so you have been following the posts, and you think I am crazy and obsessive about change.  That's okay, it may mean you are just ... http://blog.virtualvacoach.com/2008/10/02/october-2nd-quote-of-the-day/ Reformatting Your PC Reformatting your Windows computer is usually the absolute last resort and is often done unnecessarily.  I was recently forced to reformat my computer, as well as my wife’s computer.  There were some lessons learned that came about after reformatting and trying to get the computers back to where ... http://blog.virtualvacoach.com/2008/10/01/computer%c2%a0tips-from-the-computer-guru-reformatting-your-pc/