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Kathy Goughenour
Business Coach & Trainer
Founder Expert VA® Training / Virtual Expert®
When you spread yourself too thin, it’s easy to lose sight of your purpose. Life gets busy. There’s so much to juggle—family, friends, household, and your business—and, without even realizing it, you forget about the things that keep you happy and functioning.
Therefore, as you build your virtual assistant business, it’s essential that you focus on yourself to maintain your health, your happiness, and your success.
You are the crux of your business. Therefore, if you don’t do what needs to be done to keep yourself mentally and physically healthy, you and your business will suffer. Make sure you delegate time each day to do things that keep you in the best shape—mentally and physically. Walk, start a hobby, make time for family and friends, or set a personal goal to do something you’ve never done before. Do anything that keeps you energized and focus so you don’t burn out.
As Winston Churchill once said, “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” Your attitude is one thing that you can control. You have the choice of finding the positive or negative in things. If you focus on the negative, your world will be negative. However, when you focus on the positive, you open a world of possibilities.
It’s important to find balance in life. You’re always going to have a to-do list of a million tasks. Start with the most pressing or important items on your list and prioritize them. Also, be sure to make yourself a priority. Take care of yourself. Do things you enjoy.
Understand that you can’t plan for everything. Perfection is not a goal; it’s an ideal. Therefore, when an unexpected problem arises, take initiative to solve the problem. Figure out a new way or ask for help. Don’t let the unexpected set you back. Create a new path and focus on your goals.
Believe in yourself and your abilities. You can develop your inherent qualities and skills to build a highly successful virtual assistant business. Recognize that you can always grow and advance, and, with some hard work, you can achieve any goal you set for yourself.
Always remind yourself why you choose this path and keep your focus on your goals. Don’t lose sight of the activities outside of your business that keep you motivated and at peace. When you are a well-rounded person, you’re able to give your all to build a successful virtual assistant business.
Take time for self-reflection to ensure that you’re on the path to accomplishing your goals while taking care of yourself.
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Kathy Goughenour is an experienced and savvy business coach and trainer.
Kathy Goughenour’s 25+ years of marketing experience encompasses everything from print advertising and brochures to outdoor signage to the internet. She has an undergraduate degree in Marketing and an MBA.
She has worked in corporate settings, built multiple profitable small businesses herself, and created a 6-figure multi VA team. Her passion however, lies with helping others to achieve their own entrepreneurial goals through her extensive knowledge of the virtual marketing and virtual assistant field.
As a business coach and trainer, Kathy has quickly become a vital resource for helping women achieve their career and income goals as work-from-home Virtual Assistants.
As her success grew, more and more colleagues sent their friends and family to Kathy for advice on how to start their own virtual assistant home-based businesses. Kathy enjoyed sharing her secrets to building a highly profitable Virtual Assistant business, and in 2008 started her own Virtual Assistant training program. She has now trained hundreds women (and a few men) to create success on their own terms as Expert VA®s and term she coined … Virtual Experts®.
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