Monique Helstrom
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There are people out there who LOVE doing the thing that you hate.
Find those people!!!
Building successful partnerships and businesses is about more than working with people you like and assigning them roles because you need them filled.
It's about partnering with the people who are uniquely qualified to do those roles because they LOVE doing those tasks!
Take time to learn about people. Take time to learn about YOU and figure out exactly what you need—then surround yourself with the people who do those things.
07/10/2026
One of the biggest mindset shifts I ever made was realizing that my weaknesses weren’t a character flaw...
They were just information.
For years, I thought every area where I struggled was something I needed to “fix” about myself. If I was slower at a task, less energized by certain work, or needed more structure than someone else, I assumed I just wasn’t trying hard enough.
But that’s not how great careers are built.
Your greatest value comes from your strengths—the work that energizes you, comes naturally to you, and produces your best results.
Your weaknesses simply tell you where you need support.
That support might look like a process, a checklist, a template, a tool, a trusted colleague, or even AI.
The goal isn’t to become equally excellent at everything.
The goal is to know yourself well enough to build systems that help you perform consistently.
What’s one weakness you’ve learned to manage with a great system?
How many hours do you spend after a planning meeting creating documents?
What if the meeting itself became the raw material?
In the newest module in The AI-Powered Assistant, we're walking you through how to take AI into the conversations you're already having—no need to regurgitate to AI what was said in a meeting. Simply talk once, and use that information forever.
And in this clip, we're showing you how to be EXTRA prepared by prepping for those conversations themselves.
Did you know about this dictate feature?
Executive Assistants: we hear you!
Since The AI-Powered Assistant Course launched a few months ago, we have received SO many great questions from our community about different aspects of AI and, of course, we couldn't leave them unaddressed.
Tal and I just published a new module in the course called "Talk Once, Use Forever". In it, we teach you how to use a simple 4-step workflow for turning real conversations into useful working documents.
In this module, you'll learn how to:
✅ turn words into action
✅ organize messy input
✅ surface nuance
✅ and draft useful assets
All while keeping human judgment in the lead.
And that's not all: we know AI is changing constantly, so we'll be updating the course constantly, too!
Pay once and gain lifetime access to our current modules and all future updates (and trust us, there will be a lot!)
Want to learn more about the course? Check it out here: https://www.moniquehelstrom.com/ai-powered-assistant
07/02/2026
You know those books where you keep saying, “Just one more chapter,” and then suddenly it’s 11:30 p.m. and your entire existential framework is under review?
(Which, for me, is very late. 🙈)
That's the effect "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig had on me.
*No spoilers!*
At its heart, the story follows a woman who gets the opportunity to explore all the different versions of her life—the ones that would have existed if she had made different choices along the way. Different careers. Different relationships. Different paths.
What I loved most is that it gently challenges the idea that there is one perfect decision, one perfect career, one perfect relationship, or one perfect version of success waiting somewhere out there. Instead, it explores something many of us wrestle with: regret.
As assistants, executives, leaders, and humans in general, it’s easy to look back and wonder:
❓ What if I had taken that job?
❓ What if I had left sooner?
❓ What if I had started the business?
❓ What if I had said yes?
❓ What if I had said no?
This book is a beautiful reminder that every path comes with trade-offs, every life contains challenges, and sometimes the peace we’re searching for isn’t found in a different decision—it’s found in learning to appreciate the life we’re already living.
Thought-provoking, emotional, surprisingly hopeful, and one of the most memorable books I’ve read in a long time.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommend!
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