Comments on: The life of a personal assistant http://hummingbird604.com/2008/01/31/the-life-of-a-personal-assistant/ The personal blog of a Vancouver-based educator in environmental issues Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Photographic Memory http://hummingbird604.com/2008/01/31/the-life-of-a-personal-assistant/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Photographic Memory Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:55:00 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/the-life-of-a-personal-assistant/#comment-327 It is possible to develop a photographic memory with a lot of hard work and perseverance. You can check out http://www.photographic-memory.org, they have all the information that you will need about photographic memory. It definitely helped me, and I can see an improvement in my memory already. It is possible to develop a photographic memory with a lot of hard work and perseverance. You can check out http://www.photographic-memory.org, they have all the information that you will need about photographic memory. It definitely helped me, and I can see an improvement in my memory already.

]]> By: Stephen Rees http://hummingbird604.com/2008/01/31/the-life-of-a-personal-assistant/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Stephen Rees Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:14:00 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/the-life-of-a-personal-assistant/#comment-326 I have never had a PA. But boy, I sure could have used one! It seemed to me that as I rose through the ranks. the level at which one got a PA was always the next one above mine. So my boss always had a PA. I didn't. There were people who reported to me, but I would not dream of making them a PA. Though one young person showed me one day what it would be like if I was better organised - but was naturally unwilling to organise me as it would have been a full time job.<br/><br/>If it ever happens that someone says to me, "we want to hire you" I won't negotiate a salary - but I will insist on a PA. But I will still make the coffee! I have never had a PA. But boy, I sure could have used one! It seemed to me that as I rose through the ranks. the level at which one got a PA was always the next one above mine. So my boss always had a PA. I didn’t. There were people who reported to me, but I would not dream of making them a PA. Though one young person showed me one day what it would be like if I was better organised – but was naturally unwilling to organise me as it would have been a full time job.

If it ever happens that someone says to me, “we want to hire you” I won’t negotiate a salary – but I will insist on a PA. But I will still make the coffee!

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