I believe that your business should support your life, not consume it.

And I will always say that.

I also think that business should be fun or why do we do this.

You could be at that job you didn't like with a lot less hassle and evenings and no overhead.

So your business should support your life, not consume it.

And you should be having fun while you're doing that.

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and likely what my listeners need to hear at the same time. So this is a very appropriate conversation.

Chris Ward, I was just sharing with you that my last call was talking with somebody about our

different businesses and busyness and how I really needed to have more VAs in my life

to help manage certain processes. So you have win the hour, win the day.

I'm really, really excited to hear about all of your ventures. You have a book, a podcast,

you speak, and you know everything about the world of virtual assistance and admins. So thank you

for being here. Oh, I'm excited to talk about this.

Same here. How did you get into this sector of the business market? Okay, so when I started my

business like 14 plus years ago, my focus was market messaging. And like so many entrepreneurs,

the first couple of years, I worked insane hours. Like, it was nuts. And like so many entrepreneurs, the first couple years, I worked

insane hours. Like, it was nuts. And my husband said I was always stealing from sleep, getting up

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