The top 5 advantages of having a personal assistant

If you have a busy and hectic life, you may benefit from delegating some of your daily tasks to a personal assistant. PAs, as they are often called, can reduce both your workload and your stress levels. Check out a some of the best reasons to hire a personal assistant below:

The biggest advantage to having a personal assistant is that he or she can free up your time.

Since you'll hand over basic tasks like filing e-mails, scheduling meetings and running errands to your personal assistant, you'll have more time to devote to business, family, exercise or hobbies.

Because this extra free time can help you relax more, you'll be more likely to perform better at work, enjoy better physical and mental health and have better relationships with others.

If you've never had anyone work for you, hiring a personal assistant is a great way to develop management skills.

The process of learning how to delegate, communicate and teach your assistant new skills will help you become a better manager and leader. And, to make this a better learning experience for you, be sure to ask your assistant for regular feedback on how well you communicate with him or her.

A personal assistant can not only free up your time, but he or she can help you be in two places at once.

If you have conflicting meetings or events, personal assistants can attend one and take notes, so you don't have to miss out on anything because of your daily schedule.

Having your personal assistant stand in for you can be a huge advantage for you, especially if you run your own business.

When you bring someone in on your business life as your personal assistant, you also bring all of their skills and knowledge, which augments your existing knowledge and skills.

For example, when you hire a personal assistant who's also a tech whiz, you'll be more able to run things like a custom blog or an email newsletter.

What's more, your PA can also teach you their skills, improving your skill set.

When you hire a personal assistant, you have a second set of eyes and ears at your disposal.

In addition to providing a second opinion on your work, a personal assistant can take on proofreading, fact-checking and editing tasks.

But having someone perform these tasks will do more than help give you more time to complete more tasks or just relax. Over time, it'll also give you peace of mind that because of your PA's trusted eyes, your work will likely be of a consistently high quality.

Along with these five advantages of working with a personal assistant, there's one more that comes from what will likely be a close working relationship.

If you decide to work with a personal assistant, you and your PA will develop an understanding of what each other does and you can both provide beneficial feedback and advice to each other.