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Identify your situation.
How many clients are you working with? How many hours are you working each day? each week? each month? Is there really enough hours in a day to meet the commitments?
Identify your revenue.
How much are you bringing in each month? When you break this down based on the number of hours you are working - how much are you REALLY working?
Identify your wants and needs.What do you want more of? What do you want less of? If you could design the perfect business - with the kind of people you want and the kind of work you love to do - what would it look like?
Identify what needs to change.Will you 'remove' some clients to make room for people you really want to work with? Will you increase your rates? Is it time to specialize?
Identify your action plan. Now that you've gone through the steps above, what action steps will you take to make the changes you want and need to make?
Identify how you will continue to grow. Once you get rid of the 'clutter' and have made it to the other side of the bursting point - what will you do? How will you continue to grow? Each of these steps above is absolutely critical to get through to the 'other side'. Don't rush through or attempt to skip a step... it really won't benefit you in the long term. How close are you to the bursting point? You may be closer than you think.Cindy Greenway, author of 'Virtually Successful: 8 Simple Ways for Virtual Assistants to Find (and Keep) Clients", is the Co-Founder of http://VirtuallySuccessful.com and also lead trainer at [http://HotSkillsVATraining.com]http://HotSkillsVATraining.com. Since starting her business in 2003, Cindy has worked with highly respected and successful online entrepreneurs. She is most passionate about training and mentoring within the Virtual Assistant community. Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Virtual-Assistants-With-Too-Much-Navigate-Through-t...] Virtual Assistants With 'Too Much' Navigate Through the Bursting Point
Virtual Assistants With 'Too Much' Navigate Through the Bursting Point
Over the last few weeks I have focused a lot on the topic of the bursting point - I didn't really plan it this way, but the response from so many of you has proven that it was something we needed to help you with little more. The bursting point is described as that point in a Virtual Assistant's business where the Virtual Assistant is working with too many clients, committing to too many hours, is unhappy, overworked, overwhelmed and just plain hating their business. The goal here is to turn the bursting point experience into a positive on. Ideally - I want Virtual Assistants to get through the bursting point without actually suffering a breakdown and closing down there business. But instead looking back at the experience with appreciative eyes. So how do you do it? How do you make the time to deal with the things - your clients, too much work, etc. - while figuring out how you're going to get through this situation at the same time? How do you ensure that you come out in a better situation at the end? There are seven steps that I recommend when it comes to navigating through the bursting point. They're simple, yet effective. And they can mean the difference between breaking down, continuing to work in misery, or a fantastic learning lesson that you look back and appreciate because you're in a much better place now. Here's a brief summary of the seven steps you need to work through. Identify why you started this business in the first place. (i.e. more flexibility in your work, allow yourself to work from home while raising the kids, simply wanted to 'be your own boss')Identify your situation.
How many clients are you working with? How many hours are you working each day? each week? each month? Is there really enough hours in a day to meet the commitments?
Identify your revenue.
How much are you bringing in each month? When you break this down based on the number of hours you are working - how much are you REALLY working?
Identify your wants and needs.What do you want more of? What do you want less of? If you could design the perfect business - with the kind of people you want and the kind of work you love to do - what would it look like?
Identify what needs to change.Will you 'remove' some clients to make room for people you really want to work with? Will you increase your rates? Is it time to specialize?
Identify your action plan. Now that you've gone through the steps above, what action steps will you take to make the changes you want and need to make?
Identify how you will continue to grow. Once you get rid of the 'clutter' and have made it to the other side of the bursting point - what will you do? How will you continue to grow? Each of these steps above is absolutely critical to get through to the 'other side'. Don't rush through or attempt to skip a step... it really won't benefit you in the long term. How close are you to the bursting point? You may be closer than you think.Cindy Greenway, author of 'Virtually Successful: 8 Simple Ways for Virtual Assistants to Find (and Keep) Clients", is the Co-Founder of http://VirtuallySuccessful.com and also lead trainer at [http://HotSkillsVATraining.com]http://HotSkillsVATraining.com. Since starting her business in 2003, Cindy has worked with highly respected and successful online entrepreneurs. She is most passionate about training and mentoring within the Virtual Assistant community. Article Source: [http://EzineArticles.com/?Virtual-Assistants-With-Too-Much-Navigate-Through-t...] Virtual Assistants With 'Too Much' Navigate Through the Bursting Point
