Posts Tagged ‘reward’
Livin’ & Lovin’ my Work in Nova Scotia
Last year James Mielnik of the Halifax Area Chamber of Commerce asked if I was interested in becoming a Charter Member of the Nova Scotia Come to life program. I jumped at the opportunity for two reasons;
1 – I love Nova Scotia and talking about how great it is to live, work, study, invest and play here is very easy for me (Just ask any of the recent participants at the Forum on Virtual Assistance ~ Everyone who attended now knows something about Nova Scotia. No one left there wondering where I came from, though technically it is Alberta!)
2 – It seemed a good way to do some more networking, which I truly enjoy.
That opportunity presented by James has turned into many more; a networking event where we signed a ‘charter’ document with the Premier of Nova Scotia, a day of media training, as well as meeting other contacts which has lead to new clients for my business. I also ‘gave back’ by helping the Come to Life staff customize their Twitter profile and showed them how it can help connect their program with more people.
Recently, I was contacted by a journalist, Marie Weeren of 10th floor Solutions. She was assigned by the Come to Life program to “Tell my Story”. It was slightly daunting being interviewed for this; complete with tape recorder, notepad and all. However, my story has now been told and is published on the Come to Life website should anyone like to take a read.
Thanks to the people who helped Ms. Weeran with by providing background information about me for her story – Tawnya Sutherland of VAnetworking , Donna Toothaker of 1stVA and David Eisnor from the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Education & Development (CEED). Your time is also appreciated!
For any business, joining in similar type programs (although this one is very unique) may take a bit of time and effort, but you’ll always find rewards in the end!
Great advice for anyone …
I ran into a situation the other day, where I decided that I would not make a request to someone I do business with. We only recently began working together and I felt – in my mind – that what I was looking for was too much to ask for and too soon. It’s the Canadian in me… we can be very complacent, I’m told.
Funny enough…a few days later, through one of our conversations, this person offered up exactly what I had been looking for. It was by chance. Once it was out there; I told her that I would love it and that I had been contemplating asking her the same thing, but decided not to …the bit of advice she gave me was:
The answer is always no until you ask! The worst answer you will get is no, which leaves you at the same spot…odds are, you’ll get an answer to push you further towards your goals in life.
Great advice from a great business woman! Something I will definitely keep in mind as I continue on my path of running a successful Virtual Assistant business.
Party on… virtually!
Well, the holidays are a week away and I am off tomorrow night to enjoy my Virtual Assistant Christmas Party. You’ll note from my post on December 5th that I do enjoy my Christmas Parties!
And why not, food, friends, meeting new people, prizes, music, sometimes dancing (I remember one great Royal Bank party – we were dancing in the branch, on top of the wickets, to Bananarama’s Venus!) … and of course a few drinks or two… 
My family as well as some friends and business connections are chuckling already about my party tomorrow – because it is a virtual party. I will be here in my office, with my snacks, headset and microphone, a couple drinks and plan to have a great time with all my VAnetworking friends from all over the world! There will be people from British Columbia, me from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Texas, Michigan, New Jersey, Australia and more. I am hoping to win some of the prizes – there’s apparently thousands of dollars in prizes up for grabs.
So laugh all you want, but no matter what I plan to have a fantastic work party tomorrow! Working virtually means doing many things differently – even parties!
What motivates you?
My son and I started a training class tonight – with our dog, Lola. My sister bought the lessons for him for his birthday; the intent being to be able to join an Agility Class once they finish the fundamental class. Lola loves to run and we all thought getting her in a group that runs through tunnels and over ramps would be great fun.
The trainer, Aimée, from Fetch Inc. had some words of wisdom regarding motivation that I had never thought about before. Money or food – Like most of us, the dogs in the class have a motivator for doing the skills she was introducing, the food treats we had all brought for our dogs for rewards.
Her example was simple – most people are motivated by money to work – dogs can be best motivated by food. Aimée said she loves her job, but if she were not getting her paycheck, chances are less she would continue to go to work every day. The money is her reward for her work.
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