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Hey there,

I was driving this morning thinking about something that's been weighing on me for a while now.

The invisible labor.

You know what I'm talking about, right?

It's the lunch you ordered for your exec—not because they asked, but because you knew they had back-to-back meetings and wouldn't eat otherwise.

You made sure it wasn't too heavy (because they have investor calls all afternoon), that it arrived with enough time to actually eat it, and that it met their dietary restrictions you've memorized by heart.

It's the board meeting you proactively moved because you noticed 3 out of 7 board members had conflicts—and your exec didn't even know to look for that.

It's the crisis you solved before it became a crisis. The call you made. The fire you put out. The system you created so it wouldn't happen again.

And nobody sees it.

Not because they don't care. But because you made it look effortless.

Here's the thing: This invisible labor? It's the same pattern that plays out at home for so many of us.

If you're a caregiver, a mom, the "glue" of your family or friend group—you know exactly what I mean. You're coordinating, planning, problem-solving, emotionally regulating, anticipating needs... and if someone tallied up all those roles and paid you for them? You'd easily be making $150K a year.

But you don't get paid for that. Because it's "just what you do."

And that's the trap.

We're so programmed to just DO—to problem-solve, to anticipate, to execute—that we don't even realize we're doing high-level strategic work. We just think it's... normal.

So we don't document it.
We don't track it.
We don't quantify it.
We don't assign value to it.

And then when it's time to ask for a raise? Update your resume? Interview for that $120K role?

You freeze.

Because you haven't been keeping track. You haven't been building the case. You haven't been documenting hour by hour, win by win, the actual impact you're making.

Here's what I want you to start doing today:

Use your calendar as your "proof of work" tracker.

I'm serious. Block time for what you're working on anyway (so you're not pulled in a million directions and you're simultaneously tracking time spent).

Update it throughout the day with the ad hoc fires you put out, the proactive moves you made, the systems you built.

By the end of the week, you'll have a living, breathing artifact of everything you accomplished by the hour. Talk about receipts.

And here's the powerful part: If you do this consistently, you can screenshot your calendar, drop it into an AI tool (Copilot if you're using Outlook, ChatGPT or Claude if you're on Google Suite), and say:

"This is what I've accomplished over the past 8 weeks. Help me quantify my impact."

Boom. Now you have proof.

• Proof that you saved your exec 20+ hours last month.
• Proof that you optimized a broken process that was costing the team 2 weeks per report.
• Proof that you're not "just" an EA—you're a performance enhancer, an operations coach, a strategic partner.

And when you can prove that? Everything changes.

• You stop feeling like "the help."
• You stop undervaluing your work.
• You stop accepting roles that pay $85K for what's actually $150K+ worth of work.

You start negotiating with confidence. You start walking into interviews knowing exactly what you bring to the table. You start commanding the compensation and respect you've earned.

If you're ready to stop letting your work go invisible and start getting paid what you're actually worth...

The EA Career Accelerator is an 4-week program designed to help you:

✅ Reframe your experience so companies see you as strategic, not support staff
✅ Build a systems portfolio that proves your value in dollars and hours saved
✅ Master negotiation scripts that get you $20K-$40K more in your next role
✅ Position yourself for $120K-$145K+ EA roles (or adjacent roles like Chief of Staff, Operations Manager, Marketing Manager where your skills are valued differently)

This isn't about motivational fluff or generic career advice.

This is about frameworks created in or for some of the most elite firms, with some of the elite EA's.

This is about direct feedback on what hiring managers won't tell you.

This is about turning those invisible wins into undeniable proof that you're irreplaceable.

Within 4 weeks, you'll walk into your next interview or your next salary negotiation with receipts. With systems. With confidence.

Because you'll know your worth by the minute.

Ready to stop being invisible?

You've been doing the work. Now let's make sure everyone sees it and pays you for it.

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Christina Torres​
​Chief Creative Officer
​Run & Tell That - Copy. Content. Culture.
​w: www.runandtellthat.co e: christina@runandtellthat.co​

P.S. If you're not ready for the full accelerator yet, hop on an EA Power Hour call with me. We'll start mapping out the positioning and messaging you need to get out of your head and onto your resume. Linked below :)