One of my favorite things about owning a company in the 21st century is that we can do just about anything from a computer. There are no rules anymore about where your company has to operate, which means that hiring employees is no longer constrained by geography. Remote talent is the reason Priority VA can exist as a company, by connecting entrepreneurs with virtual assistants.

021: You know that mushy feeling you get when you watch a chick flick and there’s the chance meeting between two people that bump into each other at the grocery store while picking out apples, and they fall in love… sounds like something only movies are made of…. Today’s guest had a similar chance meeting on a subway when she met her partner, and it changed her life forever. My guest this week is Gena Jaffe. Gena is a lawyer turned entrepreneur and it all stemmed from a chance encounter on New York

Do you ever fall into the trap of thinking that if work isn’t always hard, you’re not working hard enough? I know I have. Being an entrepreneur IS hard work. But the truth is, I’ve learned that working harder does not always mean I’m working efficiently.

019: Some people are born to be entrepreneurs. Others are a bit more hesitant to dive in. Today’s guest on Diary of a Doer calls himself “the reluctant entrepreneur.” Paul Sjoberg is the founder of True North Realty and Leverage Information Technologies. He is also the author of Three Action Thursday, a weekly blog about personal development, personal finance education and building authentic relationships.

018: We’ve all had our hell weeks. The kind with an overwhelming to do list, internal team crisis and massive project deadline looming over our head. In the midst of chaos, it’s so easy to forget why we are in business. We become so focused on the tasks at hand, we forget that our business is people.

Today’s episode is about how to reposition ourselves as a client relationship ninja, so our engagement never falls flat.

017: My guest today needs no introduction. You know her, you love her, but probably not as much as I do. Amy Porterfield joins us today ready to talk about authenticity, ditching our “security blankets” and a business transition that ripped her from her comfort zone.

Amy worked with “the big guy,” Tony Robbins, before breaking out on her own to teach Facebook ads. She’s since amassed a cult-like following, an enviable email list, and library of best-selling digital courses that students clamor

016: All business owners can relate to that feeling of hindsight being 20/20. A quote I recently heard, “I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect,” got me thinking about six things I would change if I was starting Priority VA over again with my husband.

I can’t go back in time to make any of these changes. But, the life lessons I’ve learned are invaluable to helping me make wiser choices moving forward.

015: Today’s episode features an incredibly important person in the online marketing world, and also in my life. I am so excited for you all to hear from Ray Edwards, a world renowned copywriter and my friend, mentor and stand-in father figure. Ray joins us today to share how copywriting can grow your business, and also to get real about his diagnosis with Parkinson’s, pivoting out of a dying industry, and believing the universe is FOR you.

014: Most weeks, Diary of a Doer is a podcast aimed toward entrepreneurs, founders and business folks in the midst of building their business. But today’s episode is actually for your assistant, or second in command. And it’s totally OK if you don’t have an assistant. This episode will still help you know what to look for in an assistant, and how they should show up for you.

As entrepreneurs, we get so consumed with our laundry list of to-dos and scaling our businesses that, forget the one person we should be focusing on. Ourselves. That’s right, this episode is all about taking care of yourself and how that flows into taking care of your business. I asked my pal, Curtis Christopherson, to share with us how we should treat our bodies like elite athletes if we really want to grow our business.