411: Signature Work Habits with My Executive Assistant
School of Self-Image
Tonya Leigh
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Mastering Productivity: Signature Work Habits with My Executive Assistant
Beginning and concluding your day effectively are essential practices that can significantly influence your productivity and overall mindset throughout the workday. Tonya Leigh and her executive assistant, Abigail Schroeder, explore the importance of these two bookends of the day and how they contribute to a more effective and fulfilling work experience.
Tonya opens the conversation by addressing a common question she receives: how she manages to get so much done. Tonya shares the story of how she found Abigail amidst over 500 applicants and highlights the importance of having a supportive team. Together, they explore effective work strategies, insights on collaboration, and the value of intuition in hiring.
Tune in to discover how to enhance your productivity and learn from Abigail's expertise in managing tasks and supporting a busy, thriving executive by creating a positive, effective work environment.
Talking Points:
01:53 - Role of an Executive Assistant
02:27 - Abigail's Responsibilities
07:04 - The Four Ds Framework
09:16 - Abigail's Signature Work Habits
10:51 - Starting Your Day Well
13:26 - Self-Awareness and Acceptance
16:01 - Knowing Your Strengths and Weaknesses
20:10 - Writing Everything Down
25:08 - Prioritize with Focus and Rest
31:14 - Diffuse Mode of Thinking
37:58 - Most Impactful Work Habit
39:33 - Company Culture
Quotes:
"My two main goals in my role is to optimize your time and to support the overall vision you have for the company."
"If you're going to do it, don't do something and then be struggling and arguing with it."
"At any moment, you can do a U-turn and recommit, do whatever you need to do to get yourself back on track."
"It's just part of the human experience. We're not supposed to be great at everything."
"You wouldn't expect yourself to be able to run a marathon without training for it, you know? And so we have to treat our brain the same way."
"Ending your day well can look like, I don't know, cooking, hanging out with friends, going on a walk, playing a game."
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| 0:00.0 | Have I got a treat for you today? I often get asked, how do you get so much done? |
| 0:08.0 | And the truth is, I have a lot of incredible people around me, one of which is my executive assistant Abigail Schroeder. |
| 0:18.1 | And I asked her to come on to the podcast to share some of her signature work habits. |
| 0:22.8 | So get ready to learn and be inspired |
| 0:26.4 | and to meet my assistant. |
| 0:28.7 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:29.5 | Welcome to the School of self-image where personal development meets style. |
| 0:37.0 | Here's your hostess Master Life Coach Tanya Lee. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of the |
| 0:46.3 | podcast I am so looking forward to today's episode because I have a very special guest for you. You know, one of the |
| 0:54.9 | questions that I often get asked is like, how do you get so much done? And I just |
| 1:00.2 | have to tell you, I don't do it alone. I have a really great team around me and one of those people happens to be my executive assistant who I discovered almost has it been a year and a half, a little over a year and a half ago and I remember putting an ad out on indeed, not knowing what I was doing and I got so many applicants. I think there was there was over 500 people that |
| 1:25.5 | applied for this position and there was one in particular that really stood out and I'm so happy I really honored my intuition and |
| 1:37.5 | welcomed Abigail Schroeder to the team and she is here with us today to share her signature work habits. So welcome, |
| 1:45.6 | Abigail, I'm so happy to have you on the podcast. |
| 1:48.6 | Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to be here and talk about signature work habits with you. |
| 1:53.2 | Yeah, so I think before we get into talking about signature work habits, |
| 1:58.6 | I think one of the questions that people are always intrigued about |
| 2:01.9 | is what does an assistant do? I would love to hear just |
| 2:06.8 | your take on what you do because it is a lot. You do a lot not for me, but for the company. |
| 2:13.4 | So can you just give us an overview of what you do, |
| 2:17.4 | what your day looks like, which I don't think you have any one day |
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