After working in the corporate world for over 30 years and experiencing a high level of stress first-hand, Debra Costanzo realized the importance of taking personal responsibility for her own health and wellness. This realization placed a burning desire in her heart to coach those types of individuals with whom she could most personally relate: Corporate Executives, Senior Management, and other busy professionals.

Busy professionals are over-tired, over-stressed, over-worked and, sometimes, overweight. They have sacrificed their health for their wealth. While executives are trying to make a million bucks, Debra is helping them look like a million bucks! It's her goal to help business leaders establish better lifestyle choices so they can reduce their stress, as well as their waistlines. Healthy living doesn't have to be painful. It doesn't have to be difficult.

As a co-author in STRESS OUT^™, Debra shares some of her expert tips that can help you to see why and how to delegate. In the chapter entitled "8 Really, Really Good Reasons to Hire a Virtual Assistant", she is speaking to solopreneurs who fear the relinquishing of certain daily tasks to others. Because of their fear, they continue to wear "hats" that cost much less per hour than they are worth. In addition, they are frustrated by the unnecessary stress that a person experiences when operating outside of their passion and gifts. Thus, in this article, she encourages the solopreneur to give up the notion that they must control each and every daily task. Rather, she encourages them to embrace the freedom to trust others and to embrace the creativity that can come as they free up time in which to "create".

Book excerpt:
8 Really , Really Good Reasons to Hire a Virtual Assistant

"The best executive is the one who has sense enough
to pick good people to do what he wants done,
and self-restraint enough
to keep from meddling with them while they do it."
~ Theodore Roosevelt ~

Everybody has days when there simply seems there's too much work to get done. Trying to get everything done by yourself can really bring on stress. Some people effectively deal with the pressure by learning how to delegate certain jobs to others. When you unburden yourself and not worry about every detail of how the work gets done, if you can put full faith and trust in someone else to assist you it can be an effective escape valve.

Some people can't let go. If you have the type of personality that demands to know how things are going every minute, chances are you're only increasing the pressure and stress on yourself with this constantly worrying.

To lessen stress you must either learn to trust others to get the job done, or prioritize jobs to get rid of "what must be done" first or not at all.

This chapter offers you 8 easy solutions.

Introduction excerpt from book STRESS OUT, chapter ©Debra Costanzo; book & publishing © Self Investment Publishing 2009

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