Administrative Assistant’s I Wish for You

After more than 40+ years of living in and with this profession, these are my wishes for every administrative professional, especially you. I hope you will pass this on to your peers so that we might light a fire that burns in all administrative professionals’ hearts.

My wishes for you are that you…

• live your profession with inspiration, enthusiasm, energy, inquisitiveness, and passion.
• wake up every day with excitement about the work you do and the opportunities that lie ahead that day.
• will never settle for second best for yourself.
• always seek better, newer, more exciting ways of doing things.
• be proud of the profession you have chosen.
• be a life-long student of both your career and life.
• make time for family, friends, faith, and fun.
• shake yourself up every once and a while and jump out of your comfort zone.
• take on a task or project that challenges your thinking.
• make something of the talents you have been given.
• always see the sunlight through the clouds.
• be blessed with a great boss who is a mentor at least once during your lifetime.
• get to ride on a corporate jet once.
• spread your enthusiasm to other admins.
• start an administrative team or lead a small group of admins once.
• be ecstatic about your successes when they occur!
• help this profession be elevated to one that is admired and sought after; truly viewed as a career of choice.
• you will realize whatever you learn from being an administrative professional can carry over to every aspect of your life.