Oct 22, 2022 | About Athena, Accountability, Business, Delegation, Getting Started with an EA, Mental Health, Productivity, Remote Work, Uncategorized
Athena CEO Gina Cotner does a household purge pretty regularly, going through closets and adding things to the giveaway pile. Recently she noticed that a lot of what she was sorting through represented who she was five years ago. Some of this had to do with the...
Sep 28, 2022 | About Athena, Accountability, Business, Delegation, Financial Advisor, Getting Started with an EA, Productivity, Remote Work, Uncategorized
We will always take the opportunity to sing the praises of our high-caliber Executive Assistants. The role of an EA is so much more complex than many people realize! This article gives some great examples of the types of things an EA actually does – and the...
May 17, 2022 | Business, Getting Started with an EA, Mental Health, Productivity
You have to be willing to screw up. Whether you are a virtual assistant or an executive, a business owner or entrepreneur, the fastest road to success is being willing to bounce over failures. Not “bounce” like . . . Forget about them . . . or discount them . ....
Mar 25, 2022 | About Athena, Business, Delegation, Getting Started with an EA, Productivity, Remote Work, Uncategorized
For the first few years of owning and operating this business I didn’t have an assistant. I was running a firm centered around the great benefits of having an Executive Assistant, but I had never had an Executive Assistant myself. It wasn’t really a problem,...
Mar 3, 2022 | About Athena, Business, Getting Started with an EA, Productivity, Remote Work, Uncategorized
If you’ve listened to any of the podcasts where I’m interviewed about our company and the VA industry at large, you’ve likely heard me answer the question, “So, how did Athena come to be?” And then I tell the tale. In the tale you learn that the first two people on...
Dec 3, 2021 | About Athena, Accountability, Business, Delegation, Getting Started with an EA, Remote Work, Uncategorized
We have always been a virtual company. Our team of high-caliber, high-performing Virtual Executive Assistants are located all across the United States. Working from home is a benefit and advantage for our contractors. However, this doesn’t mean they are working...