As a Virtual Assistant, the World is Your Office

Today is the first day that I am working in my new home office in Doha Qatar. Our family will be living in the Middle East for the next couple of years as my husband was offered a position with an Engineering company in Qatar. We have a beautiful villa with large sun filled rooms and my office is overlooking a peaceful row of palm trees – a welcoming patch of colour in the otherwise light brown desert landscape.

View of our Villa

Living in the Middle East can be peaceful, mysterious, breathtaking, intimidating and exciting all at the same time and in only a week, I’ve already experience all of these emotions.

Qatar is quite an interesting country with a few unspoken laws of do’s and don’ts. For example

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The SMART Way to Keep New Year’s Resolutions

It’s not exactly breaking news that many Virtual Assistants fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions. But should that stop us from promising ourselves to get better each year? Of course not!

With January already good on its way … I’m wondering, how many of you have kept your New Year’s resolutions so far?

I must admit that I’ve already had a few mishaps on some of my personal ones – such as keeping a lid on my food intake. But then again – losing weight is one of the most broken New Year’s Resolutions ever.

So, what is the magic recipe it one wants to keep a New Year’s resolution

If you listen to the gurus, they will tell you that New Year’s resolutions do not last and that you rather need to set goals. But really, it does not matter how you look at it, it is in actual fact pretty much the same thing. The gurus will also tell you to set SMART goals – to make it specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely – and this usually works for most successful business people.

So, if you take this SMART principle of setting goals and shuffle it around, you can come up with another SMART way of keeping that important goals.

My SMART Way to Keep New Year’s Resolutions

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May 2010 be the Best Year Ever!

When the clock strikes twelve on December 31st, people all over the world cheer and wish each other a very Happy New Year. For some, this event is no more than a change of a calendar. For others, the New Year symbolizes the beginning of a better tomorrow. So, if you look forward to a good year ahead, we would like to wish you a prosperous 2010.

May it be a wonderful year filled with love, peace and prosperity. May God give you all the strength you need, guide you in all the decisions you take and fill 2010 with excellent opportunities. May He bless you abundantly!!