SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR TIME CHALLENGES

Productivity Tip – Year End To Do Checklist

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | October 19, 2023 |

  We’re half-way through October with November and December itching to take their places front and center on our calendar. What tends to happen mid-fall is a bit of a lull sets in. Year-end seems far off. It seems like the kids have just gone back to school and are now full swing in activities.…

How Can Dry Eye Affect Your Productivity?

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | October 12, 2023 |

  According to an article entitled Impact of Dry Eye on Work Productivity, posted by the National Library of Medicine, patients with dry eye have symptoms 191-208 days annually. Symptoms of dry eye include itching, burning, stinging and blurred vision. If you’re a typical patient, it’s very likely that you’re slowing down your pace or…

Italian Margaritas Recipe

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | October 5, 2023 |

In the past, I’ve shared with you my Judy 25 top shelf margarita recipe, as well as time-saving summer cocktail recipes (Limoncello Spritz and Kir Royale). Now, it’s time for another recipe: Italian margaritas!   This is a slightly modified version of Giada DeLaurentis’s recipe. A client sent me Giada’s video of her recipe demonstration.…

Productivity Tips – How to Avoid Communication Problems in the Workplace

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | September 28, 2023 |

Last week, we examined five communication best practices to implement. This week, we’ll take a look at what happens when even just one of those communication best practices isn’t implemented. In other words, these are communication problems and pitfalls to avoid. Listen, then clarify. Here are a screenshot and inquiring question I posted on Instagram:…

Productivity Tips – 5 Communication Best Practices

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | September 21, 2023 |

  Recently a cohort to whom I was invited to present a time management workshop discussed a major productivity challenge: a backslide in implementing communication best practices. They shared that coworkers were no longer listening the way they used to. It was like their Zoom meeting practices during COVID of zoning out and pretending to…

Productivity Tips – Extreme Heat and Mental Health

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | September 14, 2023 |

  A couple of weeks ago I listened to an interview about extreme heat and mental health. Hopefully it’s been cooling down where you are, but in my neck of the woods, we’re still at 105 degrees daily! When this segment about “extreme heat and mental health” was first teased, it got me to thinking…

What Is the Best Pill Organizer for Travel?

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | September 7, 2023 |

This past summer, more clients than ever escaped from work and enjoyed some sort of get-away. Hooray! I’m a big proponent of taking time off from work in order to relax and recharge because that helps improve your health and productivity. The whole reason I wrote my fourth book, The Great Escape: A Vacation Planner…

Time Management Lessons from Adam Sandler – Phone Wallet Keys

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | August 31, 2023 |

  When I turned 16 and passed my driver’s license test, I felt grown up and thought I should carry all sorts of more adult items in my purse. I soon learned that carrying a purse weighed down my shoulder or arm, plus I’d have to either lock it up somewhere during a party or…

National Preparedness Month 2023

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | August 24, 2023 |

In the United States, National Preparedness Month is promoted every September. This is a month-long reminder / campaign about getting prepared for all emergencies. It was created by FEMA back in 2004. FEMA’s reputation usually seems to take a beating after major emergencies and disasters, but their website, Ready.gov, has extremely helpful recommendations to help…

ADD, ADHD and Productivity

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | August 17, 2023 |

The other day I received this request through my time management coaching website: “I have a question: As an adult-diagnosed with ADD (I refuse to submit to the new DSM classifying ADD & ADHD as one, because I am not an ADHDer) and as the mother of three emotionally-challenged teen/adult daughters with ADD, do you…

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