EstateSpace your own personal assistant app.

In a recent post we covered the ways in which hiring a personal assistant can drastically improve the management of one’s time and therefore the quality of their life and relationships with those around them. For the assistant, however, the demands of the job can make it extremely difficult to carve out mental and physical space for themselves, without a personal assistant app. Most people can say that their work experience largely depends on who they work for, but this is especially true of a personal assistant. You are privy to almost every aspect of your employer’s life and, for better or worse, you see the private person behind the face they present to the world. You also find that the term “job description” is a very loose one indeed.  One minute you might be bringing their clothes to…

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Duties of a personal assistant.

How many times have you wished you could clone yourself to be in two or more places at once? No more rushing from one meeting to another and constantly feeling like you’re on someone else’s time schedule. Since that is not (yet) possible, the next best thing may be hiring a personal assistant.  Duties of a personal assistant, while they won’t make major decisions for you or stand in at family functions, they can help you increase your mental bandwidth and create balance between your work and personal lives.   The duties of a personal assistant are as varied as their clients, and oftentimes become more defined as trust builds between the two. At a minimum, they will organize your files so you’re not always scrambling to find things and create a schedule that you’re actually able to stick…

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Managing the lives of UHNW individuals.

Estate management is like any other career – to get to the top you must work tirelessly to cultivate new skills and hone those you already have. If you’re planning on working for UHNW individuals, this likely includes formal education such as business, butler, or culinary school, as well as years of experience. It also requires the meticulous attention to detail as you make sure every moment of their lives run smoothly – from ensuring their homes are stocked with their favorite foods to planning vacations and black-tie events. Perhaps most importantly, you are their representative in the outside world, acting with the utmost discretion and decorum at all times.  That said, there are incredible perks to managing the lives of UHNW individuals can far outweigh any challenges.     You Will See the World – For the UHNW individual,…

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