Successfully requesting something, whether it be an interview, a review of your latest product, a blurb for your book cover, or any other collaboration (or favor), requires a certain level of tact and courtesy. It requires, at the very least, that you avoid the gaffs...
Cheerleaders are the people we count on to tell us we can do it. Advisors are the people we can count on to tell us whether we should do it. Cheerleaders applaud us for having an idea. Advisors help us examine whether it's an idea worth pursuing. Cheerleaders use a...
As admin, secretary, assistant, or Can-Do-Ologist, I've worked inside the very full inboxes of several very successful (and very swamped) folks in both the offline and online business worlds. A couple of times, people asked me for tips on getting responses from those...
After you've handed off a task or project to a team member, there will come a point in time when you see the results of that person's work. You may be pleased. You may be disappointed. Or you may be nitpicky. If you catch yourself being nitpicky with someone else's...
The biggest mistake I see people make when they start the process of delegating to an assistant or team member is to start looking for things that they can delegate. The mistake is understandable. If someone asks you, “What can I do for you?” your first...
