When "Keeping in Touch" Hurts vs. Helps You (Plus: Win a Virtual Assistant for 2008)

Contacting would-be VIP mentors is something most people have trouble with. The question isn’t just “how do I contact them?” but also “how should I communicate with them once I do?” I teach students how to reach the unreachables in my guest lectures at Princeton, and here is my response to a recent e-mail about …

The Personal Outsourcing Olympics: Bangalore Butler or American Assistant?

So good I had to show it to you again. This past Tuesday, I was part of a segment on the CBS Early Show on personal outsourcing called “Average Joes, Janes Outsourcing Tasks.” Check out the video, one of the best I’ve seen on the topic, here. It includes case studies. Two of my favorite …