The other day I stopped at a grocery store I had never shopped at before. After going through the check out line, I discovered that I was supposed to bag my own groceries.
Although I do not mind bagging my own groceries, I had not done it since I was a kid. First I struggled getting the plastic bags to release from the dispenser. Instead of one plastic bag, I pulled out 15-20. Next, I had trouble getting the plastic bag to open so I could put my groceries in. But after several attempts I finally got one bag of groceries packed.
However, I was too slow and I was holding up the line as well as the cashier. So the cashier jumped in and started helping me. I watched as an 18-year old kid moved faster than lightening bagging up my groceries. In fact, the kid was so fast; he had bagged up 11 compared to my 1.
It was at this point that I realized something: It doesn't matter how smart or intelligent you are when performing a task for the first time. The important thing to remember is that the more often you do a task, the faster you become and the higher level of expert status that you receive.
For example: Have you ever tried to hang a wallpaper border? The first one you did in your life probably took over an hour. But if your job was to hang wallpaper borders every day, 5 days a week – how long would it take you to hang the border? I talked to a decorator that said it used to take her 1 hour to hang a 10-foot wallpaper border. Now she can do the job in less than 5 minutes. But in order to achieve that level, she said she had to hang wallpaper borders in over 350 houses.
A Lesson For Your Business That You May Now Want to Know
Many people today start a business and expect to achieve expert level within 30 minutes (a little bit of an exaggeration). What do you think would have happened if the decorator had given up because she didn't want to spend time hanging wallpaper in 350 homes before achieving an expert skill level? Suppose she wanted to be at that level within 30 days after starting her business? Do you think this would be a possibility? Of course not. And for the decorator to continue thinking she can, or wasting time trying to find ways to cut corners, everything she does with these goals in mind is simply a waste of time.
Although most people do not want to know the truth, I am going to tell you anyway and hopefully it will wake up some people out there reading this.
It's like this folks: Unless you have an unlimited about of money that you don't know what to do with, or if you have relatives and investors with an unlimited amount of money to back you – you ARE NOT GOING TO GET RICH OVERNIGHT. That I can guarantee.
Just like the decorator who started her business hanging wallpaper borders. It took her 1 hour to hang 10-feet of border. She was charging $50 per 10-foot for her service. However, when she was able to increase her speed and efficiency, she was able to hang 200-feet of wallpaper border in the same 1 hour of time, netting her on the average of $1,000 per hour. Now you can begin to see the importance and necessity of improving and perfecting your skills and taking the time and effort to do so.
How Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants Can Increase and Perfect Their Skills
Below are just a few of the ways you can use to help increase your skills to a higher level as a virtual bankruptcy assistant.
1. Enroll in the 713 Training bankruptcy mastery course and get bankruptcy petition certification
2. pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
Login to PACER (or sign up for a free account) and review some of the pleadings that have been filed in bankruptcy cases. Read them and try to understand them. Don't worry if you are confused the first time you read legal documents. Don't despair. The more you read them, the better you will get. Also, look at the case summaries and spend time determining the facts of each the case by reviewing the bankruptcy petition.
3. Join the National Association of Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants (NAVBA)
Tip: As you visit these websites, scroll down and review the entire page. You can pick up a lot of other good information to help advance your knowledge and build your business.
Summary
You will hear marketing experts tell you to "pick a business you enjoy doing." One reason this advice is important is because you will be completing tasks over and over and over again until you reach the expert level. If you do not enjoy the work, you will not put forth the necessary effort to accomplish your goals.
Ready to start earning income drafting bankruptcy petitions from home? See our online bankruptcy petition training courses at www.713training.com. You can also join our online community at www.navba.org.