The average person's concept of a concierge service is actually quite different from corporate America's own take on this unique and growing industry. Corporate America tends to view everything through the eyes of ROI (return on investment), and it has discovered to its delight that providing concierge services from the bottom to the top rung of the corporate ladder is well worth it. As recently reported in the New York Times, a Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical Read More >
How to Outsource Your Daily Tasks to Save Time and Money
How often do you hear someone say that if they could do things over, they'd spend more time picking up their dry cleaning? It's a rhetorical question of course, but think about it: Do errands that need to get done require time off from work, or worse, prevent you from spending your precious time with those you love? In years to come, will your family have fond memories of the time you spent on Costco runs without them? I'm pretty sure your family's best Read More >
How to Run Errands Efficiently in a Modern City
One of the great advantages of living in a large metropolitan city is having access to a wide variety of stores and services. But if you have a long list of errands to run, it can be difficult to squeeze everything in when you are running from one end of the city to another. With a little planning and organization, running errands is a chore that doesn’t have to be a challenge. A busy life doesn’t have to be a hectic one. A little organization goes a long way toward Read More >
Why Hire a Personal Assistant
All working professionals have more to do than they can possibly get done in a day. As our jobs spill over and take up more of our personal time, we find ourselves feeling burned out and overwhelmed. But what if you had an extra pair of hands to help share some of the burden of everyday tasks? Hiring a personal assistant can allow you to take back more of your most precious resource – time. No longer considered a status symbol, personal assistants have become essential Read More >
Why Sitting in Urban Traffic Will Cost You
I was walking around the Brighton neighborhood the other day and with every direction I turned, I could not help but notice the enormous amount of cars idling in traffic. Every direction. Cars trying to maneuver around a delivery truck making its morning rounds. City buses packed with weary passengers, jostling for position. School buses loaded with children struggling to get through the traffic and make it to the schools on schedule. Add in the occasional Read More >
How Not to be a Frazzled Person
It is an all-too-familiar scene played out in virtually every household in America, almost every single day: People rushing out the door in the morning, hustling the children off to childcare or school, sitting through rush-hour traffic, picking up coffee and a breakfast pastry on the way to the office because there was no time for a decent morning meal, squeezing in a call to the doctor’s office to reschedule an appointment in between meetings, picking up the dry Read More >
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