The 80/20 Principle

The 80/20 Principle

You don't need all those meetings

Three years and three Zoom calls — that's all I've had with my full-time VA.

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Ernie the Attorney
May 29, 2026
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I’ve worked with Cham, my virtual assistant in the Philippines, for three years. We’ve had maybe three Zoom calls in that entire time.

One was early on — just to put a face to a name. The other two were spread across three years.

That probably sounds wrong to most people. Most people assume that working closely with someone means lots of meetings. Frequen…

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