{"id":3045,"date":"2010-01-06T09:05:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2010-01-06T09:05:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T17:05:05","slug":"using-a-virtual-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2010\/01\/using-a-virtual-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a Virtual Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gtdtimes\/2010\/01\/jeffwidman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3046 alignright\" title=\"jeffwidman\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gtdtimes\/2010\/01\/jeffwidman-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"jeffwidman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Jeff Widman, a man of many talents (including helping us create our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gettingthingsdone?ref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">GTD Facebook Fan page<\/a>) has a fantastic article about using a virtual assistant. It&#8217;s a great read, with many useful tips &amp; templates for a building and maintaining a successful virtual team.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s an excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What I\u2019ve learned from having a virtual assistant:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to be very explicit with my instructions<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve grown in my judgment of what should be outsourced and what is faster for me to do (hint: it\u2019s almost always faster for me if it\u2019s a one-time thing. But if it\u2019s a repetitive task, it\u2019s probably worth teaching her.)<\/li>\n<li>I get a heckuva lot more done\u2013she not only removes time, she removes annoyance\u2013that mental friction that comes from having to do tasks that I downright hate (like scheduling meetings.)<\/li>\n<li>She not only takes care of things for me, <strong>she does them better and faster than I ever could.<\/strong> Face it\u2013just as you\u2019re uniquely talented at some things, you\u2019re uniquely flawed in others.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/letmegooglethatforyou.com\/\">How to teach my employees to teach themselves<\/a>\u2013it\u2019s rewarding when my VA says she\u2019s learned a ton from working with me!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffwidman.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/virtual-assistant-needed-how-to-hire-and-work-with-a-virtual-assistant\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more on Jeff&#8217;s blog<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Widman, a man of many talents (including helping us create our GTD Facebook Fan page) has a fantastic article about using a virtual assistant. 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