Posts by Helene Segura
Do you know the app privacy policy for each app you’ve downloaded?
I wrote the following blog about app privacy policy back in October of 2013. That’s right, almost five years ago! Given the fallout from the alleged Facebook privacy breach through both a third-party app as well as releasing Facebook user information to a separate company, I thought this was an appropriate time to re-run my…
Read MoreProject Management Lessons Learned – When Things Don’t Go According to Plan (part 2)
In last week’s post, I gave the background behind my project management lessons learned from an audio book project. I’ll pick up where I left off last time… What I didn’t count on were all of the small details that presented large hiccups. Authors can’t submit a chapter at a time to see if ACX…
Read MoreProject Management Lessons Learned – When Things Don’t Go According to Plan
Project management lessons learned are not foreign to me; after all, this is what I teach to my clients in order to help them improve their time management and productivity. What is a challenge for me, though, is dealing with outside forces that you can’t control…forces that can screw up everything that you’re trying to…
Read MoreNational Organize Your Home Office Day – oops
Did you know that National Organize Your Home Office Day was back on March 13th? Don’t worry, I didn’t either. But it makes sense to take on that project at this time of year since income tax filings will be due next month, and it sure would be helpful to have an organized office so…
Read MoreThe Art of Positive Thinking – An Unexpected Reminder
I’m sure you’ve heard about how implementing the art of positive thinking is the key to success. But that seems so cliché. That’s why we often forget how important the art of positive thinking is – until someone in our life demonstrates a reminder. I put together a group journey on the Portuguese route of…
Read MoreStress Management Techniques – Schedule your daily “Happy Q”!
If you Google stress management techniques, nearly two million documents will be found in the search. That’s a lot of talk about stress! Why is there such a need for these stress management techniques? In today’s world, we rush around from here to there, all day long, day in and day out, in an attempt…
Read MoreChange Management Plan – A Chat with Maureen Anderson
One of my favorite interviewers, Maureen Anderson, host of the show Doing What Works, contacted me about doing an interview related to minimum viable progress and having a change management plan. To listen to our interview from February 10, 2018, about using a change management plan, click here. Here are some of our discussion points…
Read MoreSchool Shooting in Parkland, Florida – How safe is your school or workplace?
The school shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was horrifying and heartbreaking. We all have different feelings and reactions – anger, fear, grief. And we all deal with them differently. As a former teacher who’s married to a teacher, I can tell you that for my husband and me, school…
Read MoreHow to Prevent Unexpected and Expensive Medical Bills – The Nitty Gritty
In last week’s blog post, I shared with you four basic – but important – questions to ask in order to prevent unexpected and expensive medical bills. I also mentioned that I got stuck with a $1,000+ bill for a test that wound up being unnecessary. What happened was the specialist that I went to…
Read MoreHow to Prevent Unexpected and Expensive Medical Bills
Forget illness – medical bills can be the death of you! If you have outstanding medical coverage through your health insurance provider, you probably will not need this information. However, you might have friends or loved ones who do not have terrific coverage, so you might consider passing on this information to them. Each year,…
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