Comments on: You need a personal assistant http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004/07/01/you-need-a-personal-assistant/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:48:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Paula Weidner http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004/07/01/you-need-a-personal-assistant/#comment-171239 Paula Weidner Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:45:29 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2004/07/01/you-need-a-personal-assistant/#comment-171239 I've had a busy and stressful time at work this year, but never so bad that I would want to divorce myself from my community. Grocery shopping, picking up drycleaning, and doing errands are a part of my social life. I live in this community, which comprises the people that work where I shop. They shop where I work. I don't have many dinner parties, I meet my neighbors at the grocery store and we converse. Sometimes we have block parties and potlatch. I've had a busy and stressful time at work this year, but never so bad that I would want to divorce myself from my community. Grocery shopping, picking up drycleaning, and doing errands are a part of my social life. I live in this community, which comprises the people that work where I shop. They shop where I work. I don't have many dinner parties, I meet my neighbors at the grocery store and we converse. Sometimes we have block parties and potlatch.

]]> By: Nansi Alexander http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004/07/01/you-need-a-personal-assistant/#comment-88367 Nansi Alexander Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:37:32 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2004/07/01/you-need-a-personal-assistant/#comment-88367 Gee, thanks for telling me the PA I've been doing for the past ten years, which I mistakenly thought takes a lot of thought and organization skills, is really a bunch of mindless crap a trained monkey could do blind-folded. I feel very empowered now. Gee, thanks for telling me the PA I've been doing for the past ten years, which I mistakenly thought takes a lot of thought and organization skills, is really a bunch of mindless crap a trained monkey could do blind-folded.

I feel very empowered now.

]]> By: Mary Ann Westendorf http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004/07/01/you-need-a-personal-assistant/#comment-62075 Mary Ann Westendorf Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:15:59 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2004/07/01/you-need-a-personal-assistant/#comment-62075 Concierge Services are giving busy people some a new breath! A wave of relief is faintly heard as an army of small concierge businesses circulate within the global community. Small companies are handling the endless and eclectic mix of requests for help. A call from Tokyo to have a small dinner party arranged in the home of an elderly friend in New Westminster, a geologist from Alberta needs to have a visa to enter China in a 24 hour time crunch, a zealous mother calls for help the week before their daughter's wedding or helping a frantic Realtor spruce up a home for Open House. .....They just can't do it all. Who do they call? Concierge services have diversified backgrounds, offer a plethora of expertise and they get the job done. It’s not all urgent or unusual i.e. Shopping at Costco for the monthly groceries or running a few errands around town. Concierge services are the fastest growing segment of the service industry in North America. Personal Assistants are now opening businesses in every community. They permeate the internet with advice on how to prioritize your valuable time and encourage you to enjoy those extra hours with family and friends.True success is getting the things you want and finding the time to enjoy it. Concierge Services are giving busy people some a new breath!
A wave of relief is faintly heard as an army of small concierge businesses circulate within the global community. Small companies are handling the endless and eclectic mix of requests for help. A call from Tokyo to have a small dinner party arranged in the home of an elderly friend in New Westminster, a geologist from Alberta needs to have a visa to enter China in a 24 hour time crunch, a zealous mother calls for help the week before their daughter's wedding or helping a frantic Realtor spruce up a home for Open House. …..They just can't do it all. Who do they call? Concierge services have diversified backgrounds, offer a plethora of expertise and they get the job done. It’s not all urgent or unusual i.e. Shopping at Costco for the monthly groceries or running a few errands around town. Concierge services are the fastest growing segment of the service industry in North America. Personal Assistants are now opening businesses in every community. They permeate the internet with advice on how to prioritize your valuable time and encourage you to enjoy those extra hours with family and friends.True success is getting the things you want and finding the time to enjoy it.

]]> By: The Bizzy Butler http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004/07/01/you-need-a-personal-assistant/#comment-49190 The Bizzy Butler Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:53:15 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2004/07/01/you-need-a-personal-assistant/#comment-49190 I agree wholeheartedly, but the rates you are quoting are a little low for Vancouver,BC, Canada! Great article! I agree wholeheartedly, but the rates you are quoting are a little low for Vancouver,BC, Canada!
Great article!

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