Posts by Helene Segura
Productivity Tips – How to focus more
Productivity Tips – How to focus more Carrie rushed out of her house in the morning to drop off her kids at school just in time for the bell. Nothing on her to-do list for the rest of the day went as planned, and she wound up finishing only three of the 10 items on…
Read More8 Ways for Road Warriors to Be More Productive
I had the pleasure of making my second guest appearance on SMEAD’s Keeping You Organized podcast series. SMEAD is a major player in the office products world and has based some of their products on insight and feedback from organizing and productivity professionals around the nation. The topic of this session is how professionals on…
Read MoreProductivity Tips – How present in the moment are you?
Productivity Tips – How present in the moment are you? Have you ever stopped to people watch for an hour? Heck, even 10 minutes will allow you to witness what I’m about to describe. When was the last time you saw two people sit across the table from each other and just talk, making eye…
Read MoreBalance – How to prevent holiday stress
Holiday Stress Prevention Since I received a lot of great feedback when I posted this the last couple of years, I thought I’d make it an annual tradition to share this letter I wrote to myself. If you want to learn how to prevent holiday stress, read on….
Read MoreProductivity Tip – 3 ways to save time and money on client gifts
Save Time and Money! Part of being productive is not only using your time wisely, but also using your money wisely. Too many times I’ve seen business owners and independent consultants try a marketing tactic at the last minute, only to see it go down in flames. Time was lost throwing it together. Money was…
Read MoreWhat your workspace says about you
Back in August of 2014, I was interviewed by Annie Epstein, who was writing an article for Real Business, which is a Xerox-sponsored website that provides insight into different aspects of the business world. She emailed me a note with this request: “I’m currently working on a piece about analyzing
Read MoreProductivity – Do you think Take Back Your Time Day is necessary?
October 24 is National Take Back Your Time Day. It’s both fantastic and sad that there’s an organization in America called Take Back Your Time. It’s sad that we need it, but fantastic that there are people who realize that we’re slowly simmering in a pressure cooker. Their motto is “challenging time poverty and overwork…
Read MoreTime Management: 5 Steps to Prevent Missed Appointments
I have a coaching client who’s dealing with a serious time management challenge: missing appointments. He tries to keep an awful lot of
Read MoreProductivity Tip: Purge Unneeded Paper to Save Time
Did you know that October is National Clean Out Your Files Month? Yippee! A great way to celebrate would be to purge all of the papers in your office that you don’t need or want…the papers that are getting in the way whenever you’re looking for something you do need or want. Yes, we live…
Read MoreProductivity Tip: How’s this for logic?
In today’s world, everyone seems to rush, rush, rush. I see it everywhere I travel as a women’s keynote productivity speaker. We try to go faster so we can get more done. But productivity tends to decline when we hurry because we make mistakes and need to take time to correct them. It sounds counter-intuitive,…
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