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Could you give some examples of the work you find most useful to outsource to your assistant? Do you have them log into any of your accounts, and if so, how do

Could you give some examples of the work you find most useful to outsource to your assistant? Do you have them log into any of your accounts, and if so, how do you handle security/passwords?

WhitneyLand 6y ago
One example is I moved to a new place and the thought of getting all the utilities turned on and set up really made me cringe. They were able to handle every single bit of it, and I didn’t have to devote a second to distraction. It was bliss. Another example was when I bought a car. What a nightmare of wasted time. Filling up paperwork, contracts, getting insurance quotes and signing up for it... Didn’t have to do more than 10% of it. It even can help with technical support for technical people. When my home Internet stopped working, I took a few minutes to troubleshoot just enough to confirm the issue wasn’t on my side. Then I luxuriously asked, “would you mind opening a support ticket and handling a blitz of inane questions Until the point that they get real about it”? Wanted to change cellular service for four lines. Think about how much total time that actually takes. It can be a crime of inefficiency. Regarding credentials, great question. The reality is a lot of what someone can potentially be helpful with today will raise the issue. I chose to take the risk and let them have access to credentials they needed. To get comfortable with this required the interview, some due diligence on their history, and best intuition about trust. Of course, different credentials have different risks. What’s the worst someone could hurt me with credentials to my ISP account? Not much, unless they were seriously targeting me for attack as a skilled hacker. And of course hopefully most of us are not still doing things like using the same weak password across accounts, or not practicing basic security hygiene.

Could you give some examples of the work you find most useful to outsource to your assistant? Do you have them log into any of your accounts, and if so, how do you handle security/passwords?

WhitneyLand 6y ago

One example is I moved to a new place and the thought of getting all the utilities turned on and set up really made me cringe. They were able to handle every single bit of it, and I didn’t have to devote a second to distraction. It was bliss. Another example was when I bought a car. What a nightmare of wasted time. Filling up paperwork, contracts, getting insurance quotes and signing up for it... Didn’t have to do more than 10% of it. It even can help with technical support for technical people. When my home Internet stopped working, I took a few minutes to troubleshoot just enough to confirm the issue wasn’t on my side. Then I luxuriously asked, “would you mind opening a support ticket and handling a blitz of inane questions Until the point that they get real about it”? Wanted to change cellular service for four lines. Think about how much total time that actually takes. It can be a crime of inefficiency. Regarding credentials, great question. The reality is a lot of what someone can potentially be helpful with today will raise the issue. I chose to take the risk and let them have access to credentials they needed. To get comfortable with this required the interview, some due diligence on their history, and best intuition about trust. Of course, different credentials have different risks. What’s the worst someone could hurt me with credentials to my ISP account? Not much, unless they were seriously targeting me for attack as a skilled hacker. And of course hopefully most of us are not still doing things like using the same weak password across accounts, or not practicing basic security hygiene.