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I couldn't imagine that I could do
something from home while taking care
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of my child and also be valuable
to people having my own income
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hell online
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training assistant life is unpredictable
you are international relation student
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I was an international relation
student even uh graduates from very
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prestigious universities sometimes find
it very hard to find a job the SGB VA.
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everyone want a big change but don't appreciate
a tiny little change we made every single day
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yes I have another student and she always
was dreaming to go to Mecca wow yes so she
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she saved some money from the VA work
and then she finally bought her ticket
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Tanya, founder of SGB VA welcome to the
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show hi thank you very much it's going to be
a great conversation because my first time
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speaking English in the podcast of s class
I'm curious about your background what is
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your educational background and how did those
experience make you pursue your entrepreneurial
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dreams mhm yeah uh so actually I'm uh originally
from Russia I'm coming uh from a very small city
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in Russia and I mean when my educational
background is I basically graduated from
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the University with a major of international
relations like you right International relation
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International and actually this um pretty much
much really changed my life because I was studying
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Bahasa Indonesia and because I got a scholarship
to study in this University I couldn't choose the
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language that I would study so they actually gave
me Bahasa Indonesia they told me you will study
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this language and I had no idea at that time about
Indonesia where it is I only heard about Bali once
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or twice uh but I was at the same I'm very happy
that I'm giving this chance to learn something
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that's very exotic for Russian people I think up
until now there are only like 100 or 200 people in
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in whole Russia who can speak Bahasa Indonesia so
I was feeling really lucky with that opportunity
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and this really changed my life because it really
exposed me to the new culture uh new experiences
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and I just uh I remember I actually recorded an
IG live on my Instagram yesterday uh because a lot
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of people are wondering Tanya why so you teach
about remote work but why Indonesia how do you
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ever like get connected to Indonesia you know so
uh Indonesia really always uh felt like home for
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me because I um from the very first year when I
started to learn Bahasa Indonesia I remember I
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came to the uh Russian Embassy uh sorry Indonesian
embassy in Russia and I remember the Ambassador
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told us like feel at home here you know this is
your home come to celebrate any holidays with us
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uh and feel at home and for me it really mean
meant a lot because I was feeling lonely uh I
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was just it was my first year in Moscow away
from my family and yeah I think this kind of
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summarizes my whole experience with Indonesia that
it always feels like home for me but you earlier
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asked uh as well asked as well about how uh my
education affected my entrepreneurship honestly
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speaking I never really could imagine myself
becoming an entrepreneur I never thought that
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I have this entrepreneur skills or something like
that um and I was working in corporate before um
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and until I was fired from the corporate job um
because I my my b said you know Tanya you really I
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I feel you really want the freedom you really want
to like spend your time with your family you are
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uh you know uh you are not over like overworking
not working extra hours you know I don't see you
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put the extra mile so how about you just become
a housewife and then I was fired and then that's
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where I started to find and to look for other
opportunities and actually my uncle was really uh
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was really uh affecting my decision to become an
entrepreneur because he is an entrepreneur but
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in completely different industry so he just
told me how about you just try to become an
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entrepreneur you don't lose anything uh just try
and if you if it doesn't work out you can always
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come back to the corporate and uh that's how I
started my my journey yeah life is unpredictable
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you were International relation student I was an
international relation student and we decided to
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to deep deep dive into different industry and why
fa simple question yeah so actually uh I moved to
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Singapore in 2016 because I always wanted to live
in close to Indonesia and um me and my husband
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decided to move to Singapore because he's in it so
Singapore was a a good choice in terms of like job
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opportunities for this field so we decided it's
close to Indonesia so we would move to Singapore
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and then um I started my first business back in
2018 it was Singapore guide book it's a platform
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about Singapore in Bahasa Indonesia which is
still running right now and uh basically our
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business model is that we sell advertisement to
different companies like hotels restaurants those
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who want to promote themselves to Indonesian
market so uh uh then Co hit and I basically
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got no clients in just like in in a very short
time all my contracts are gone because there are
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no tourists there are there is lockdown uh and at
that time I also gave birth and I my son was like
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six months old so I had to make money to to have
an income and I decided that I will be helping
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uh um Brands to manage their social media so I
started to H to help uh medical clinics actually
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my my very first client as a virtual assistant I
got this client in 2019 it's my Singapore guide
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book client who advertised with us but uh when
we spoke he it seemed like he also needed social
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media help so I just uh told him how about I help
you to manage your social media and then when Co
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hit uh I I started to help more brands I didn't
even know that this is called a virtual assistant
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or something like that I was just doing social
media management I started to work with cl with
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medical clinics and then uh my first client was
a aesthetic clinic and she was very happy with my
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services so she recommended me to two more clients
and that's how I actually became a fully booked uh
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VA uh in a very short time and I was my income was
even higher than before covid so it really opened
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my eyes on this opportunity that uh I couldn't
imagine that I could do something from home while
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taking care of my child and also uh like you know
be valuable to people having my own income yeah
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and um then I went traveling after covid already
so I was reading an article about uh you know uh
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how important remote work is right now that it's
booming a lot of companies need remote stuff and I
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was like wow it it means I am I am actually doing
this right now so how about I just try to teach
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people to uh you know about how to bring value
to clients how to um you know uh close the deals
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with clients how to pach themselves to clients how
to build long-term relationships with clients so
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that's how my course started basically do you know
that that the unemployment rate in Indonesia is
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around 4.91% yes I've heard about it yeah and most
of them are diplomas and bachelor's degree yeah
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why do you think this is the big problem Indonesia
and how do you see it as a opportunity to help
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them to grow their income yeah I think it's it's
actually this problem is in my opinion is not only
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in Indonesia but all around the world actually
in my country as well and I know that even uh
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graduates from very prestigious universities
sometimes find it very hard to find a job and I
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really believe that right now we are so lucky to
live in a world where actually your success does
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not depend so much anymore on your diplomas
degrees the experience you know yes from one
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side uh it's no longer the world where you just go
to the University graduate and then you have the
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job and you work in this job for the rest of your
life that the the world has really changed and the
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truth is that even the diploma and degree does not
guarantee you the job and most probably what you
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will need to do to be successful is to embrace the
mindset of constant learning constant development
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and the truth is that even if you don't have like
a grade degree uh but you have the willingness to
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learn and the ability to learn to put effort you
actually can become anyone you want I think this
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is also the opportunity yes the unemployment
is from one side it's very negative right it's
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it's not it's not a good thing but on the other
side we need to know that there are so many other
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opportunities and we are lucky to live in this era
of the digital digital world right where we can
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actually build our life the way we want if we are
willing to grow yeah so uh I believe that being
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a virtual assistant is one of the opportunities
that people can grab like there are millions and
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millions of entrepreneurs who are looking for
remote workers for remote help and if you are
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able to learn the way how to bring the value to
this entrepreneurs maybe manage their social media
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maybe doing email marketing for them maybe uh
doing admin tasks like travel planning uh like uh
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responding to emails uh uh managing their schedule
manag managing their personal things uh you bring
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them value and there are lots of opportunities
for you and I feel that this uh many people ask
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me why Indonesia why you have so many students
from Indonesia I feel that this opportunity
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really clicks with Indonesia because in Indonesia
there are a few things um like unemployment like
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you said but also age right like a lot of the age
sensitivity where at some point like in your late
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20s it's already harder to find a job right which
uh is not really happening in other countries this
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is specific to Indonesia I feel uh but the beauty
of being a VA is that you are not limited to how
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old you are uh who you are male or female what's
your background what's your experience what's your
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education as long as you are willing to learn how
to bring value to those entrepreneurs from around
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the world uh as a VA then you can uh you know
have a great opportunity to work remotely and
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for Indonesia it also makes a lot of sense because
with the traffic in Jakarta for example and other
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big cities people just realize that they spent
like so M so many years of their life in traffic
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right and this can be saved by working remotely
that's why I feel this VA opportunity really
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clicked with the Indonesian Market yeah you can
work you can work anywhere you can work from Bal
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you came work from a and I think one of the reason
why the problem is bigger and bigger talking about
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unemployment is most of the students just relying
on their background let's say my my background
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is international relation your background in
is international relation so have to work in
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international relations Focus era MH and I think
that's the big problem we don't adjust to the new
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world so right now even though I'm International
relation student I have to understand how social
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media works I have to understand how the podcast
works so we have to adjust and most people don't
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want to adjust yes exactly I completely agree with
you and I I feel that our major in the University
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does not necessarily determine our future
right because what we learn in the university
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is actually we learn how to learn like we learn
how to learn we learn how to memorize like in the
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information how to analyze the information how to
like maybe have the communication skills project
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management skills which is also very useful in
the VA world uh but you definitely you need to
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like use these skills to follow the current trends
that current Trends and the current current world
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that we live in which is completely different
from the world where our parents used to live
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right like they just graduate they get a job and
sometimes they just work in this job for 20 30
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years yeah this is already completely different
yeah um could you share about your major challenge
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when you started this business um did you start it
by you start it by your pinpoint right because you
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you give a birth and then you have to work from
home mhm is there any challenge yeah but people
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ask me like what is the biggest challenge uh in
uh you know be be being a virtual assistant I feel
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for me the biggest challenge was time management
because I used to work from the office and uh when
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I started Singapore gate book I also used to have
an office so uh my life was very structured like
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I go to the office I work and then I come home
this is my family time but after I started to
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work remote I tried to uh like there is actually
there was no boundary between my life and my work
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and it really became hard because at some point
I realized that I try to multitask I try to for
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example feed my baby or go out with my baby and
then at the same time I'm trying to like write a
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caption for my clients's Instagram post or you
know uh do do something chatting with a client
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and it really was hard because I was not really
productive while multitasking I realized that it
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takes me a lot of time to actually complete the
tasks and also it uh makes me burn out easily
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because everything is Blended like I used to even
work on WE weekends on Saturdays Sundays just to
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complete my work and I I feel that it took me some
time to adjust and the greatest uh tip that that
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I got for this for time management is that you
need to do deep work so you need to really focus
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on one thing at a time like multitasking doesn't
work it's not like you try to for example uh when
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I was uh when my baby was small so I decided
okay he has a two hours snap from 12: to 2 p.m.
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for example and this time I will really do deep
work uh meaning I will do the r captions for my
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clients post for their Instagram so and I was very
surprised that if I focus on one task at a time
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my work was done very much faster uh before that
I was you know uh doing some work for my client
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while scrolling Instagram while responding emails
this doesn't work so I really um became extra
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smart with my time management and it became much
easier with time you know and things that I feel
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that's uh uh a challenge as well is consistency
especially when reaching out to clients you know
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uh I didn't find this challenge uh I didn't find
this very challenging for me personally but that's
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what I heard from from people as well uh that you
know the biggest results in our lives come from
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something that we do consistently like little
efforts but every single day yeah and that's I
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think another challenge that people face that it's
very it seems easy like just spend 15 minutes per
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day or 30 minutes a day to you know contact the
clients to apply to jobs but you really need to
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be consistent to do it like every day put it
in your calendar and it always uh also comes
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to uh time management time management skills
and yeah so I believe that if you have many
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people ask me what is the main skill that I need
to have in order to become a VA and I always say
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that you need to have the ability to learn to
put the effort and also be consistent yeah you
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know to have this consistency everyone want a big
change but don't appreciate a tiny little change
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we made every single day yes even the 1% every
single day is way way better than you do it 100%
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today but tomorrow you give up and yeah exactly
it's like it's we go to we go to gym for like and
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exercise 7 hours one day a week or we go every
every day just for 15 minutes of course it will
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be really different yeah yeah and I think the most
simple things is people just focus on oh I want to
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get 10 Millions rupia per month but they want they
don't want to improve the skill they don't want
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to put a little effort to contact a client I feel
that uh you know like like you said people really
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want the money they want uh their mindset is even
some people who reach out to me on Instagram like
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Tanya how do I get the clients how do I get the
most money as much money as possible and even if
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they reach out to the potential clients they also
say say something like can you give me the job or
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something like that so I really believe that you
the the first thing the most crucial thing is that
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you need to change your mindset from how fast can
I become rich and and uh you know make money to
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how fast can I actually learn something to give
value to the others I really believe like and
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this is something that took me some time to learn
in my business but it completely changed my life
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personal and also business my business that you
need to focus always on giving value you know that
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as long as you focus on you come to the client
and you focus on how can I provide value to you
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let me analyze your Instagram let me give you some
ideas let me give you some suggestions uh when we
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start to work together let let me uh you know I
will go the extra mile to help you uh grow your
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business I will be on your side not just oh this
is another project for me to make money you know
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and the thing is that the clients really feel
that the clients really feel that and they feel
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that you are on their side they feel that you are
really uh you know their team member and they are
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Keen to recommend you to others so really the
the key to success is to shift your mindset to
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how can I give value as many people as possible
you know and and I believe that that's why on um
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sgbv course and on my webinars um on my podcast I
always talk about uh mindset you know my course is
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not not only about how to do social media how to
do email marketing how to do lead generation how
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to do admin but my course is a lot about mindset
because I believe that if you have the tools you
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know how to do things but your mindset is not
uh is not right it is very hard to succeed you
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know uh yeah so so I believe that the the the
person who will be suitable to become a a it is
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not related to your age it is not related to your
background your education it's related to how Keen
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are you to learn and how Keen are you to put the
effort to really succeed and to bring the value
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to the clients yeah how many members of uh n sgbp
and how many alumnes do you have uh alumni we have
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like 13,000 13,000 yes yes mostly for Indonesia
yeah like 90% Indonesians even more yeah is there
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any interesting story from the Alum ni yeah lots
of lots of interesting stories uh I got uh quite
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a few alumni who uh became top rated upw work uh
upwork professionals from zero like uh without any
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prior experience as a virtual assistant they just
build their presence there and they have a very
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stable career uh as a virtual assistant I also
have quite a lot of success stories from people
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who got like 10 years for Gap 15 years for Gap and
now they are working with like 10 International
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clients as a virtual assistant I got one student
who found or all her clients on Instagram so her
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clients it's not like she DMD her clients but
actually the clients came to her DMD her and she
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is now working with I think five in AAL clients as
a virtual assistant uh yeah so I got a story uh of
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my student who um also was a stay-at-home mom with
two kids and then uh she started to earn and then
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she build a house for her family with the earnings
that she got from the VA I have another student
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and she always was dreaming to go to Mecca wow
yes so she she saved some money from the VA work
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and then she finally bought her ticket and just
went to um to Mecca yeah to om yeah interesting
00:24:05
story how do you see yourself and sbfa for the
next five years is there any potential new market
00:24:14
or something like that um I would really like uh
and that's what I'm working on right now I want
00:24:20
to build the ecosystem like the uh ecosystem
for VAs where I not not only teach the VA
00:24:29
uh but also we really have the endtoend support uh
on how they will on on giving them the clients you
00:24:35
know something like a VA agency we are also doing
something like that right now because we have for
00:24:43
our students we have uh a private group with job
vacancies and we have quite many entrepreneurs
00:24:49
reaching out to us uh who want us to uh to
match them with the vas from our community uh
00:24:58
uh and that's what we do we have a separate
team for this but we want to scale it we want
00:25:04
to scale it and maybe in the future we will be
like a proper VA agency so we have the end to
00:25:11
endend support yeah so that's uh my focus so your
focus is also svpa focus and your Big Dreams is
00:25:23
to help more people yes to find their potential to
bigger their income and what is your bigger dream
00:25:34
outside of the world outside of the work um yeah I
think what's really driving me is like uh bringing
00:25:42
people value I think that's so satisfying uh to
to actually see the impact on the world and what
00:25:50
I yeah I honestly just want to continue this in
different ways I if possible I also want to like
00:25:59
move to go to other markets like to to uh also um
so Al more people could learn about VA uh but yeah
00:26:09
I I think I just uh want to continue this trend
of bringing people value because that's something
00:26:15
that brings me a lot of a lot of satisfaction
but of course yeah I my another priority is my
00:26:21
family I really want to uh continue you know
having time to spend with my family to grow
00:26:28
as a person I'm also really uh passionate about
self-development personal development like you
00:26:34
right so uh just you know being a better
person every day uh that's really is very
00:26:42
exciting for me uh developing myself changing
my mindset becoming a better person and always
00:26:49
remembering that I need to only compare myself
to myself you know not comparing myself to other
00:26:56
people but comparing myself to myself and how
am I improving that's really driving me as well
00:27:03
yeah t we have three question from our audience
in swabber class the first question is why
00:27:14
Singaporean are so rich compared to Indonesian
because I heard Singapore minimum wage is at
00:27:19
least $3,000 Singaporean dollar and it's huge
gap compared to Indonesia what do you think the
00:27:26
contributing factor for that fact yeah I I think
maybe for for Indonesia this amount is considered
00:27:35
to be high but actually in Singapore uh the the
cost of life is so expensive that if the minimum
00:27:44
wage is 3,500 it's not it you can't do much with
it because uh like renting an apartment or like
00:27:53
you know uh food everything is so expensive so
actually the the living cost is so high that we
00:28:01
cannot really say that the singaporeans are
rich you know and I think it is very similar
00:28:06
to Indonesia that in Indonesia we do have people
who have more money who have less money in IND in
00:28:12
Singapore is is the same but the the numbers are
different because the cost of living is completely
00:28:19
different yeah because most people think like oh
I want to move to Singapore because I can get a
00:28:26
lot of money there mhm don't think about expenses
yeah exactly Singapore is getting uh more and more
00:28:34
expensive every single year and in fact a lot of
people leave Singapore because of the cost of Life
00:28:41
mhm which is crazy expensive yeah okay second
question from Mia aset in Indonesia any funny
00:28:55
story you encounter in Indo yeah I remember uh a
very funny story uh because actually in Indonesia
00:29:03
most people they think that uh that I don't know
Bahasa Indonesia so as you know I can understand
00:29:10
well I can read and so I was uh once I was in
batam uh I think Bam batam Bam Island yeah and
00:29:21
then I was buying something in the market uh
and I heard that the person the the seller she
00:29:29
was chatting with her friend about me in Bahasa
Indonesia like oh look at this girl she's like you
00:29:35
know and then I told them guys I can understand
Bas in the N just so they were laughing and yeah
00:29:41
so sometimes like people most of the times
they don't understand that I I know Bahasa
00:29:46
Indonesia but uh yeah uh honestly in Indonesia I
I feel the culture and everything is so different
00:29:57
from my home country uh and I really love how
Indonesians are so welcoming so friendly um so
00:30:07
you know talkative they always smile and that's
what is drawing me to Indonesia that's not a funny
00:30:13
story but just like an addition yeah so how long
have you been learning bahas I was uh I started to
00:30:22
learn Bahasa in 2011 MH uh in my University and
then I graduate ated 2015 and then I was living
00:30:31
in Indonesia for a while so and since then since
my very first business Singapore guide book I was
00:30:37
working with Indonesian people so I'm very lucky
that you know uh that my life is always bringing
00:30:44
me close to Indonesia yes you understand in Bahasa
but you don't speak Bahasa yes yes I I don't
00:30:51
really know Bahasa Gaul yeah but I I try to only
some words mhm yeah but you know I have subscribed
00:31:00
to to an app uh to learn Bahasa Indonesia so
I I really want to improve my speaking skills
00:31:09
okay yeah and my vocabulary five words or one
sentence inasa okay uh Indonesia it's very basic
00:31:27
[Music] [Laughter] um kpra is it like uh is it
like rice cake with the peanut sauce oh yeah
00:31:41
yeah yeah this one yeah yeah with the noodles
uh-huh uh-huh it's very what's your favorite
00:31:48
oh kak kak oh really gado nice have you tried
yeah of course of course I tried it I tried it
00:31:58
okay so the third question from
00:32:03
is hi T I'm jenzi my company expect me can do
M multiple things at once what do you think the
00:32:13
correct framework to face this expectation I I
think uh we need more details about like what
00:32:21
they expect you to do but I think especially if
you work in startups in smaller companies the
00:32:27
job scope can usually be very wide like you are
expected to do this and social media and also do
00:32:34
admin and also do that and this so I think the
the pro the the the think um and the advice to
00:32:42
solve this is probably the communication like
communicating with your manager about what you
00:32:48
can and can do uh and what what is exactly their
expectation so if you feel that you are very burnt
00:32:55
out you have to work over time or you are doing
something that you don't enjoy doing for example
00:33:01
like me when I was working in corporate uh my
my boss gave me a lot of the admin tasks but I
00:33:08
am more of a creative person so I am now I really
regret that I didn't I was not honest enough or I
00:33:16
I was afraid to talk to my boss and say sorry
this is not something I enjoy I would be so
00:33:22
much more productive and I would be so much more
valuable for your company if you actually give
00:33:27
me the tasks which I really enjoy doing so I
think that there is nothing wrong with with
00:33:34
doing different tasks as long as you enjoy them
and as long as you are not burnt out to do them if
00:33:41
you are then I guess that the best way is to just
honestly speak with your manager and find the best
00:33:48
solution yeah I think one of the big problem
is inasa we call oh yeah when your boss say
00:33:57
I have to do this you have to do this but actually
is off work and they didn't pay for our off work
00:34:04
and you say yes boss yes yeah you know I also
talk a lot about it about setting boundaries
00:34:11
you know setting healthy boundaries it it doesn't
mean that you reject everything or you your boss
00:34:17
cannot rely on you if there is an emergency but
you also like prioritize yourself as well and
00:34:24
politely try to speak it doesn't mean you need
to say like I I don't want to work over time or
00:34:30
pay me for overtime but it's like uh look boss I
really appreciate what I do I really want to you
00:34:38
know uh do everything I can for the success of
the company but sometimes I feel that I overwork
00:34:44
a lot it really affects my health I want to find a
solution what can we do about this so I want to be
00:34:51
honest because really working in this company is
important for me so you can find the right words
00:34:57
to actually frame it in a way that shows that you
are very serious about working and be being loyal
00:35:05
and productive for this company which may even
help your manager or or boss to appreciate you
00:35:13
even more and trust you even more yeah the key
is communication we have to communicate how we
00:35:18
feel exactly and that's that's also relevant to
remote work when we work with clients I always
00:35:24
tell my students guys don't be afraid to talk
with your client if there is some task that you
00:35:29
didn't understand or maybe you are sick today uh
and you can't work just tell your client because
00:35:36
your client your boss they are just normal people
who understand what you what you feel and what you
00:35:43
yeah encounter mhm very wise let's go to okay I
have one more question from our followers I think
00:35:52
very interesting from ANA hello Tanya my name is
Ana if I want to try to learn fual assistance as
00:36:03
someone who in the older age like in the late
40s is there any possibility to join sgbp mhm
00:36:10
late 40s late 40s okay yeah uh actually even
on my YouTube channel we have a podcast from
00:36:16
my alumni who share about they are all 50 plus
and they share about their success story as a
00:36:24
remote worker in their 50 plus so actually there
is no limitation in terms of the age because the
00:36:31
beauty of being a virtual assistant is that you do
not need to have a specific age to become a VA but
00:36:39
of course if you are in your late 40s late 50s
you might need to put a bit more effort because
00:36:46
uh it's a it's it's um connected with a digital
world right you need to be digitally savy you
00:36:52
need to be able to work with like different soft
uh like easy applications Instagram social media
00:37:00
so you might need a bit more uh effort to do that
but it will be very rewarding because you will be
00:37:07
following the current trends in the world right
and uh even in my team I had people uh in my team
00:37:15
who are in their 40s in their late 40s and it is
definitely possible if you are willing to learn
00:37:22
yeah the key is to willing to learn even though
you are 40s 50s and I think the big problem that
00:37:30
people facing right now if they think like 30 is
too old you know even in Indonesia you know even
00:37:37
in the late 20s people think oh I can get a job
I'm 29 yes exactly exactly I think I feel embraced
00:37:44
if I like looking for a new job even though
in LinkedIn most people like fak it their age
00:37:51
yes exactly although it's actually very young but
it's in Indonesia it's considered old right yeah
00:37:57
all right so um you Mentor more than 13,000 people
in sbva right I think most of them are now getting
00:38:08
a job or they can start a new business and then
if people watch this podcast want to join sbpa
00:38:16
how they can join this uh I think the the easiest
uh what you guys can do if you are interested to
00:38:24
learn about uh you know how to work remotely who
is a virtual assistant and whether you want to
00:38:30
understand whether this is really suitable for
you I think the best first step is just to uh
00:38:35
attend my free webinar uh this is again completely
free free free yeah so no need to pay anything you
00:38:42
can it's uh it's like a one hour webinar where
I explain all the details about who is a virtual
00:38:49
assistant how much you can earn as a virtual
assistant what you can do uh about how to become
00:38:55
a successful virtual assistant so you understand
whether this is suitable for you you know so this
00:39:01
is the first step we also actually have a free
quiz where uh people can it just just takes
00:39:08
maybe three minutes to take this quiz and it will
tell uh you what kind of services you can provide
00:39:15
if you work remotely based on your personality
so we can drop the link in the description yeah
00:39:21
so people can attend the webinar or the quiz
it's both free so this is I think the first
00:39:27
step yeah if you are considering yeah yeah maybe
they afraid oh I have I have to pay first but no
00:39:33
you can access free yes yes yes and after that
you can decide you do it or not yeah it will be
00:39:40
already a great first step yeah last question for
me and I ask I asked this for everyone best advice
00:39:49
for people in their 20s I think best advice is uh
don't be afraid to go outside of your comfort zone
00:39:57
uh because actually a lot of people are stuck in
something that is very familiar to them because
00:40:04
they have so many fears uh what if what if what
someone will think about me what if I fail what
00:40:11
if I make a mistake what if I don't succeed so
actually don't be afraid to go outside of your
00:40:18
comfort zone it's your time to try new things
it's your time to uh unlock your potential and
00:40:24
really understand what you enjoy doing you
know what you enjoy doing and what you you
00:40:30
are comfortable doing and how you can bring value
to people with your own unique skills because no
00:40:37
matter who you are stay-at-home mom or maybe you
don't have work experience or something like that
00:40:42
all of us have our unique skills which we can
leverage uh in our life and please also don't
00:40:49
overthink I I feel that this is really one of
the biggest enemy like again when people want
00:40:55
to become a remote worker they over saying oh
what if I don't manage my client's expectations
00:41:01
what if I fail what if what if and there are so
many what ifs that they actually don't take any
00:41:07
step you know so I just want you to to to take
this first step so if you watch this podcast if
00:41:15
it rings the bell and if you feel like oh I am
interested to in remote work I want to explore
00:41:20
it for me just take the first step just the free
webinar you don't have to pay anything just attend
00:41:27
uh and uh you know put this one hour time to
see what it is about you know so be open to
00:41:34
the opportunities and don't be afraid to make
mistakes so because this is really the best age
00:41:40
to explore yeah my team just mentioned if I want
to join sgbp should I speak English properly or ah
00:41:50
yeah so basically uh I always tell my students uh
and my audience in the webinar if you understand
00:41:57
what what I say it means that you at least have
basic English so actually basic English in most
00:42:03
cases is enough to even work with International
clients to do some jobs which do not uh need you
00:42:10
to speak like admin jobs social media jobs it
all can be done even if your English is basic
00:42:18
so of course English skill is always good to have
but you can start with just the basic English yeah
00:42:25
MH wow interesting thank you thank you for your
time I really appreciate I appreciate thank you
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