1099: How to Buy Back Your Time with the Right Assistant with Jess Lindgren

Tell us what you need us to do and then let us do it. Give us some breathing room because we're professionals and we're good at it. Sometimes you're too close to things to even notice that there's an issue and you just do things that way because that's how they've always been done. That's Jess Lindgren. She's got over 20 years of experience as an administrative professional, and her main mission is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of EAs around the world.

She served numerous luminaries, including guests of this very show. She's also the host of the business podcast Ask an Assistant, where she shares lessons learned, best practices, and actionable advice for anyone looking to hire or work with an assistant. So you'll learn one, the must-have traits of any great assistant, two, the key to hiring an assistant, and three, where to find great assistants hiding in your very own network. And if you want a quick summary write-up of the actionable takeaways Jess shared, I recommend you sign up for the Free Gold Nugget email newsletter, which you can find at awesomeatyourjob.com. I'm Pete McKaidis.

This is how to be awesome at your job. And now here's Jess. Jess, welcome. Pete, thank you so much for having me. Well, I'm so excited to get into your wisdom.

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