The BVAS Connection» gratitude http://www.thebvasconnection.com Real Estate Marketing Tools &Tips from Real Estate Virtual Assistant, Megan E Barber Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:36:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Monday Motivation {6.20.11} http://www.thebvasconnection.com/1195/monday-motivation-6-20-11/ http://www.thebvasconnection.com/1195/monday-motivation-6-20-11/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:15:35 +0000 Megan E. Barber http://www.thebvasconnection.com/?p=1195 {EAV_BLOG_VER:e1c2263bb40d3741}

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Today’s Monday Motivation post will be short but important…

“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”
– Zig Ziglar

Go forth and do the things that you love!

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Monday Motivation {6.20.11}Megan E. Barber is a Real Estate Virtual Assistant, and owner of Barber Virtual Assisting Solutions. With over 10 years of experience working within the real estate industry, Megan and her team Virtual Assistants provide top notch real estate support services such as marketing, lead follow-up, social media, WordPress websites, and more. Megan E Barber is also the creator and author of The BVAS Connection and VA Mommy.]]> http://www.thebvasconnection.com/1195/monday-motivation-6-20-11/feed/ 0 Happy Memorial Day! – Monday Motivation {5.30.11} http://www.thebvasconnection.com/1178/happy-memorial-day-monday-motivation-5-30-11/ http://www.thebvasconnection.com/1178/happy-memorial-day-monday-motivation-5-30-11/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 21:01:37 +0000 Megan E. Barber http://www.thebvasconnection.com/?p=1178 memorial4 mod Happy Memorial Day! Monday Motivation {5.30.11}Memorial Day is more than just a day off or the start to the summer season. It is the day to remember the sacrifice our service men and women have made to ensure our freedom.

Wishing you all a very peaceful Memorial Day!

Perform, then, this one act of remembrance before this Day passes - Rememberthere is an army of defense and advance that never dies and never surrenders, but is increasingly recruited from the eternal sources of the American spirit and from the generations of American youth.  ~W.J. Cameron

“But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for,
Is their monument to-day, and for aye.”
~Thomas Dunn English

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Happy Memorial Day! Monday Motivation {5.30.11}Megan E. Barber is a Real Estate Virtual Assistant, and owner of Barber Virtual Assisting Solutions. With over 10 years of experience working within the real estate industry, Megan and her team Virtual Assistants provide top notch real estate support services such as marketing, lead follow-up, social media, WordPress websites, and more. Megan E Barber is also the creator and author of The BVAS Connection and VA Mommy.]]> http://www.thebvasconnection.com/1178/happy-memorial-day-monday-motivation-5-30-11/feed/ 0 Monday Motivation {1.24.11} http://www.thebvasconnection.com/902/monday-motivation-1-24-11/ http://www.thebvasconnection.com/902/monday-motivation-1-24-11/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:10:13 +0000 Megan E. Barber http://www.thebvasconnection.com/?p=902 This installment of Monday Motivation is inspired by this saying that hangs up in my office…Anatol France Quote Monday Motivation {1.24.11}

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
– Anatole France

Monday Motivation {1.24.11}Megan E. Barber is a Real Estate Virtual Assistant, and owner of Barber Virtual Assisting Solutions. With over 10 years of experience working within the real estate industry, Megan and her team Virtual Assistants provide top notch real estate support services such as marketing, lead follow-up, social media, WordPress websites, and more. Megan E Barber is also the creator and author of The BVAS Connection and VA Mommy.]]> http://www.thebvasconnection.com/902/monday-motivation-1-24-11/feed/ 0 Happy Thanksgiving http://www.thebvasconnection.com/741/happy-thanksgiving/ http://www.thebvasconnection.com/741/happy-thanksgiving/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:15:27 +0000 Megan E. Barber http://www.thebvasconnection.com/?p=741 A message from Megan Barber and her Real Estate Virtual Assistant team… Wishing you and yours a blessed Thanksgiving holiday!

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Happy Thanksgiving
]]> http://www.thebvasconnection.com/741/happy-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 12 Days of Thanks – Happy Thanksgiving http://www.thebvasconnection.com/273/12-days-of-thanks-happy-thanksgiving/ http://www.thebvasconnection.com/273/12-days-of-thanks-happy-thanksgiving/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:11:26 +0000 Megan E. Barber http://www.thebvasconnection.com/?p=273 thanksgiving mouse 231x300 12 Days of Thanks Happy ThanksgivingToday is day 12, the final day of my 12 Days of Thanks leading up to Thanksgiving. I’ve enjoyed putting out my statements of gratitude these 12 days. Ad as I bring this one series to a close, I won’t necessarily be stopping here. But thank you for letting me give you a glimpse of my real life and the real things that make me happy and thankful. See, I’m not all business all the time. Gratitude is the Attitude!

Today I am thankful for:

  • My God.
  • The togetherness and happiness we feel when we gather together on this day with our friends, family and dear loved ones.
  • For my husband, son, and entire family who bring me so much happiness. I could have no possessions at all and still be happy with just their mere presence in my life.

“He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart.”
-J.A. Shedd

Thanksgiving!

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Here we are on lucky day number 11 of my 12 Days of Thanks. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I very much looking forward to it. In doing this, I am finding gratitude in new ways from the every day happening  to the greatest achievement and I love it. Gratitude is the Attitude!

Today I am thankful for:

  • The quiet times I get to spend with my son when it is just him and I, staring and smiling at each other. I am trying to enjoy these days that he is so little while I can (he’s 6 months now). I am finding that the statement that they grow so fast, is totally true.
  • My wonderful husband. He works so hard to provide for our family every day and he is an amazing father. I am so very fortunate to have him in my live. Love you honey!
  • For always having what we need. Food, clothes, shelter, anything. Though we work hard for it, we are fortunate to never have to go without the necessities of life and to be able to provide that for our growing family.

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom” – Marcel Proust.

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Today I am thankful for:

  • I got my holiday mailing assistance packages worked out and up on my website. Yay!
  • I’m feeling calm and non-stressed about the upcoming holidays. Very Zen.
  • A good hair day. (I’m a girl. And good hair days warrant some gratitude now and then)
  • Some great ideas I am putting down for 2010 and will be putting into action.

“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” – Brian Tracy

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So yesterday ended up being a very busy Sunday, so my Days of Thanks slipped to the back of my mind. But I am making up for it today with extra. The sun may not be shining, but I am feeling extra sunny today. So on to my 12 Days of Thanks leading up to Thanksgiving, Days 8 and 9. Gratitude is the Attitude!

Today I am thankful for:

  • Waking up with a very sunny and happy attitude the last few days. I’m feelin’ good.
  • Sense of accomplishment while I am ticking off my to-dos right and left.
  • My awesome clients, many of which have been with me since I started 5 years ago. They help me love what I do.
  • Technology. Hardly know what I would do without it, but sure appreciate all the tech tools I have at my fingertips and make my life and my business easier. Especially my trusty laptop.
  • The ability to be able to travel and visit my family who live very far away from me when I want to. Some who have loved ones many miles away cant afford that opportunity and hardly get to see their family members.
  • Our people in congress who know what the right thing to do is and will stand up for it no matter the cost to their “power” or re-election.
  • Quiet nights at bedtime the baby has afforded us these last few nights.

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ” -John F. Kennedy

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Today I am thankful for:

  • Date night. Tonight my husband and I managed to get out for a nice dinner, minus the babe. Thanks to his grandparents. Mommy and Daddy need to get out now and then
  • Pumpkin’tini. A whole lot of pumpkin deliciousness, the inventor of which should be congratulated.
  • A bright outlook for 2010. I am aiming high and am determined to meet my goals.

“Real life isn’t always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Today I am thankful for:

  • My country. So thankful that I was born in the USA.
  • For our service men and women who are here and abroad faithfully serving our country and protecting our freedom.
  • An awesome regional meeting with the AsAMom.org patriots last night that gave me a new fire inside and reminded me how much I love my country.
  • The opportunity I will get when he grows up to encourage my son to follow his dreams, whatever they may be, and to watch them unfold.

“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” -Margaret Cousins

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