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Paper Management – How to stop junk mail from charities (Part 1)

By Helene Segura | November 29, 2018 |

Wondering how to stop junk mail from charities? When I help clients sort through their backlog of mail, one common issue I’ve noticed is the amount of donation requests. In many cases, a full one-third of the paper piles consist of paper-based begging. In disgust of the overload, the clients always end up dumping the…

CC vs BCC email – STOP using the TO line!

By Helene Segura | November 21, 2018 |

CC vs BCC email. What’s the cc meaning? What’s the bcc meaning? Once you find out, you’ll want to share this with others! Unnecessary emails. They are such a waste of time! Even if you know that you don’t need to read the email, you’re still wasting time deleting it and wasting even more time reading the subject line to figure…

Free Shipping Boxes + Other Holiday Shipping Tips

By Helene Segura | November 15, 2018 |

The thought of free shipping boxes sounds very enticing, but there’s more to think about than just boxes when it comes to being efficient with your holiday shipping. Plan Ahead December is the busiest shipping month for all shipping carriers: DHL, FedEx, UPS and the United States Postal Service (USPS). You’ve got shipping from Black…

How to prevent holiday stress – 2018

By Helene Segura | November 6, 2018 |

  Since I receive a lot of great feedback each year when I re-post this blog on how to prevent holiday stress, I thought I’d make it an annual tradition to share this letter that I wrote to myself back in 2012. I’ve seen Christmas decorations for sale in stores since September, but I’ve tuned…

How to Keep the Best Morning Routine as Your Regular Daily Schedule

By Helene Segura | November 1, 2018 |

How do you take the morning routine you’ve developed and make it part of your daily schedule? Last week we looked at what to include in the best morning routine. Now it’s time to take a look at what to exclude, as well as how to make your new routine a habit that sticks!   …

How to Create the Best Morning Routine

By Helene Segura | October 25, 2018 |

There seems to be a prevailing notion that you must wake up even before the early risers do in order to have the best morning routine and be successful. However, it’s not just the hour of your awakening that will determine whether or not you will have a super day. It’s also your plan and…

Cyber Security Month – Are you safe?

By Helene Segura | October 18, 2018 |

Did you know that October is Cyber Security Month? All of these so-called holidays that have been created can seem a little silly (National Red Stiletto Day, anyone?), but serious ones like Cyber Security Month should make us pause for a few seconds to think about our current status. Do you use cyber space? Of…

To Do Lists – How to Get It All Done (Part 2)

By Helene Segura | October 11, 2018 |

In last week’s post about how to get it all done when it comes to do lists, I discussed two basic steps you can take in order to create realistic lists: Determine Needs vs Wants Implement Ghost Tasking Now it’s time to look at two “kick it up a notch” steps you can take to…

To Do Lists – How to Get It All Done (Part 1)

By Helene Segura | October 4, 2018 |

Have you ever looked at your to-do list and thought, “How in the world will I have time to do all of this?” When you think about everything that we think we need to do, it can be overwhelming. But if you take the time to analyze your list and create a plan, you’ll find…

Recharging Our Productivity – What to Do in Lisbon, Portugal

By Helene Segura | September 27, 2018 |

One way of recharging the mind, body and soul (which increases your productivity!) is to take a break from your “regular life” and visit a place that’s completely different from your norm. That place for us in June of 2018 was Lisbon, Portugal. Arrival in Lisbon was a piece of cake. We simply looked for…

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