January, 2021 | List Producer

Boosting Productivity with a Virtual Assistant

January 28, 2021/1 Comment/in Increase Productivity/by Paula Rizzo

There’s a type of debt that I’d bet you didn’t know you had. It’s the debt you accrue from pushing tasks back into times you had reserved for other things.

My friend and colleague Melissa Smith calls this “time debt.” Melissa is the founder of The PVA, a firm that matches personal virtual assistants with entrepreneurs, executives, authors, consultants, coaches, and anyone else who needs some help. She helped me find my own virtual assistant and it’s been life changing.

Beating Email Overwhelm

January 15, 2021/0 Comments/in Increase Productivity/by Paula Rizzo

Sometimes small productivity shifts are actually huge.

That’s the case with emails. Especially now that so many people are working from home, there’s an expectation that everyone needs to respond to emails and messages immediately.

That expectation of being constantly “on” is actually harming your productivity! It’s a hard one to tackle because email overwhelm is such a big issue in the workplace and it comes from the top down!