--- title: Moments description: Discover the secret ESP superpower executive assistants use to anticipate needs, solve problems, and become truly indispensable. image: https://debbiegross.com/hubfs/Moments.webp --- [Skip to content](https://debbiegross.com/blog/moments#main-content) [![debbie-logo](https://debbiegross.com/hubfs/debbie-logo.png)](https://debbiegross.com) - [Home](https://debbiegross.com) - [About](https://debbiegross.com/about) - [Bravo](https://debbiegross.com/testimonials) - Service Show submenu for Service - [Coaching & Consulting](https://debbiegross.com/coaching-and-consulting) - [Training & Workshop](https://debbiegross.com/training-and-workshop) - [Public Speaking](https://debbiegross.com/public-speaking) - [Blog](https://debbiegross.com/blog) - [Post it Notes](https://debbiegross.com/post-it-notes) - [Contact](https://debbiegross.com/contact) - The Office Rockstar Show submenu for The Office Rockstar - [The Office Rockstar Playbook](https://debbiegross.com/the-office-rockstar-playbook) - [Specialized Training](https://debbiegross.com/the-office-rockstar-training) - [Home](https://debbiegross.com) - [About](https://debbiegross.com/about) - [Bravo](https://debbiegross.com/testimonials) - Service Show submenu for Service - [Coaching & Consulting](https://debbiegross.com/coaching-and-consulting) - [Training & Workshop](https://debbiegross.com/training-and-workshop) - [Public Speaking](https://debbiegross.com/public-speaking) - [Blog](https://debbiegross.com/blog) - [Post it Notes](https://debbiegross.com/post-it-notes) - [Contact](https://debbiegross.com/contact) - The Office Rockstar Show submenu for The Office Rockstar - [The Office Rockstar Playbook](https://debbiegross.com/the-office-rockstar-playbook) - [Specialized Training](https://debbiegross.com/the-office-rockstar-training) [Book Now](https://debbiegross.com/contact) [Post It Notes](https://debbiegross.com/blog/tag/post-it-notes) # Moments [![](https://debbiegross.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Simpson_Portraits_Web_3469%20(2).jpg?width=50&height=50&name=Simpson_Portraits_Web_3469%20(2).jpg)](https://debbiegross.com/blog/author/debbie) [Debbie](https://debbiegross.com/blog/author/debbie) October 2, 2025 ![](https://debbiegross.com/hubfs/Moments.webp) I must admit that, as an executive assistant to one of the busiest executives I have  ever worked with in my career, my personal ability to use my ESP to find things  came in handy. Of course, all great Administrative Professionals have some form  of ESP (Executive Sensory Perception) that keeps them informed. This has been  especially true when my executive asked me on multiple occasions if I knew where his cell phone was. Retracing every step, he took that day, including every floor of  the building, every conference room, and office he had been in, and of course, I  would inevitably find it. I knew exactly where it was all the time (right?), I just needed to get my steps in  that day! Being able to use our ESP helps immensely in finding lost things, gaining  exclusive information, and reading our executives' minds to answer before they  ask. It is a superpower we tend to take for granted; however, it has saved me  numerous times. One example is when my ESP would kick in and I just knew he was going to lose  his daily binder with his schedule, meetings, briefings, data, and communication  for the day, so I made a duplicate just in case... just seeing the future. I was almost always right! Let me share a story about Sally. As an executive assistant, her influence stems  from exercising patience and creating remarkable results, as she demonstrated on  this occasion. Sally received a call from her executive who had just arrived at the airport to find  that his flight had been cancelled due to severe weather. He called Sally from the  airport to urgently ask her to rebook his flight so he could get home at a reasonable time. Her first question was, “Are you at the ticket counter now?” and he replied,  “Yes, I am…here, talk to the agent to see what you can arrange,” and of course,  now Sally was put on the phone with the ticket agent! After several minutes of negotiation, because many flights that day had been  canceled, Sally was able to re-book her executive on an alternative flight. Her  executive was standing there watching it all happen as the line grew longer behind  him. Sally remained calm and composed, demonstrating her remarkable ability to  leap a tall, insurmountable obstacle with tact, diplomacy, and common sense, as  well as some negotiating skills. Her executive made it home at a somewhat  reasonable hour as he had asked. ## Ah Ha Moment: Yes, some executives are very needy, and it is up to us to not only pay attention to  our gut feelings and tap into that executive sensory perception to save time and  frustration, but it also requires extraordinary patience when it seems that our  executives’ immediate needs are so simple or obvious to an outside observer that  they could handle it themselves. 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