You've heard plenty about 'best practices.' But 'best' isn't a series of steps to follow. Best is a guided outcome. Best is different from perfect. Best includes practicality, feasibility. While every situation has a 'best' solution, there are principles that those best solutions are built on. You're going to be creating these best solutions on the fly. You can't always go consult someone else-and you don't want to. Instead, have a good solid foundation in yourself and you can make these customized best solutions.

So, you want to be a virtual assistant. The virtual assistant industry is growing rapidly. Just about anyone can say they are a virtual assistant. You have a computer, internet access, and the desire to work from home. Voila You're a virtual assistant. But is that enough to succeed as a virtual assistant? Do you have what it takes to run a business? Yes, a virtual assistant is a business owner. Successful business owners need to have good business sense. As a business owner, you, the virtual assistant, need to understand what it takes to run a business. Joel and Sue have more than 50 years...