On this Administrative Professional Day, I am working from home and thinking about the profession. I have heard an article that came out in March in the WallStreet Journal saying the executive assistant position is disappearing. I think that is only true if you let it. It is true the administrative position has been consolidated and transformed into different positions where divisions have decided to not have an assistant. I will never forget the words said, “We don’t have one of those anymore.” My degree is not a bachelor’s in being an assistant. But I have learned that no matter what job you have, it depends on what you put into the job is what you get out of it. If no one is celebrating you and thanking you for the hard work you do, you have to celebrate yourself.
This is a great image booster speech from 2018 below from the CEO of IAAP (International Association of Administrative Professionals). Please take notes because there are a lot of takeaways in that speech.
Hold your head up and look forward to a bright future. Never stop growing and never stop learning. You have to believe that you are bringing something of great value to the table. This is a good day to look at your accomplishments and see how far you have come. And it doesn’t stop here because there is great growth ahead of you.
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This is not about getting flowers or a pat on the back for a good job. This is about what you want out of life. Being an assistant is not an easy job and everyone cannot do it. I hope the people you work with take some time out their day to thank you for all the tireless work that you do. But remember if no one sends you an email or calls you, that’s okay because you know what enormous impact you have on this world and how valuable you are.
If you are working from home during this quarantine or have been furloughed, just remember that you are more than enough. If you would like for me to pray for you, please put it in the comments because Bubblingwitheleganceandgrace.com is here for you.
What should Administrative Professionals think about for the future?
* Taking a course, you may have to pay for it yourself.
*See where there’s a need in your job to shine
Your value does not come from what you do. It comes from who you are in your relationship with Christ Jesus, the Lord and Savior of the world.
“But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ’s victory] and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere. 2 Corinthians 2:14 Amplified
My hubby and I are beginning our second month of working at home and self-quarantining as much as possible. What a time to be able to delve deeper into the word of God. It is important when we face these difficult circumstances like this, that we get grounded in the Word of God. In collaboration with LEV3L Digital, Bubblingwitheleganceandrace.com is offering our readers the chance to win the new Life Essentials Interactive Study Bible from Dr. Gene A. Getz. This study bible is unlike others that I have used in the past. Dr. Getz provides commentary on the various topic of each book of the Bible. Then for further study in that the top, you can use your smartphone to click on a QR code that pulls up a YouTube video. Some videos are a couple of minutes, while others are ten minutes or more. You will get the feeling that Dr. Getz is your personal pastor and speaking directly to you.
In this video below, Dr. Getz gives a good overview of why he designed the bible in this fashion.
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I hope you are having a blessed day. Today, we celebrate the most important day in the Christian faith. The significance of Easter is far more important than that of Christmas. If it were not for Jesus Christ defeating death, hell, and the grave; we would not have the everlasting life promised to us. All I can say is, “Thank You, Jesus!”
We all know that Easter 2020 is not like any other Easter that any of us have ever experienced. For the first time since the resurrection of Jesus, people are at home celebrating this holiday. Church buildings are closed and people are not able to gather together and share in their faith. This virus has caused the world to cease normal activities and seek safety in our homes.
Although we could not gather in person with our church family, we were still able to get together through Facebook live streaming the service. Thanks to technology we are able to still see our family and friends, meet up with colleagues and attend concerts in another city. Could you imagine what it would be like if we didn’t have this technology? We definitely would be alone, and I know many of us would not be able to cope with it.
One tradition that my wife and I usually do after we get home from Easter service is to take a few family portraits. You know, for new profile pics on Facebook and Instagram. And this year was no different. My wife picked a blue lace dress that she had bought last year and I picked a shirt, pant, vest combo that coordinated with my blue. We didn’t want what was going on in the world to stop us from keeping up with our traditions. It would be so easy to say, “WHY? It’s not worth it!” We can’t let the circumstances of what is happening today to stop us from living our life. We can’t let the devil win! We need to remember that the church is not a building we go to, but we are the church. Wherever we are, the church is right there! So that is why we decided to get dressed like we normally would do for Easter Service and take part in our annual photoshoot. The only difference was this year it was inside because it was raining here at the time.
Easter Service was so good and yes we can be at church in our homes watching the service on the television or our smartphone or tablet.
The message was, “Put Jesus in the Center of the Crisis”
Some of my notes from the message from my pastor. For one is that God is for us and we have to make him bigger than the virus.
How big is your God today?
What do we need to make Christ the center of the crisis?
Believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God and died for our sins and rose again.
Accept him as your Savior.
Make him my Lord and put him first. Give God the first part of every day
Share the love of God with someone.
It was so moving to watch Andrea Bocelli performing at the Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Italy. Amazing Grace really touched me. If you haven’t seen it please watch this performance of hope for the world please watch the video below.
Happy Easter! May your day be filled with the peace and joy that comes from knowing the Risen Savior!
Jay
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Bubbling with Elegance and Grace started out as an outlet for my passion for fashion but has evolved into a place for me to teach, collaborate, and inspire. My hubby has since joined the team and we have been digital creators for 13 years. We are thankful for those who believed in us from the beginning and those who have just started riding with us on this lovely journey.
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