SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR TIME CHALLENGES

Phone Etiquette: How to Effectively Communicate in a Time-Saving Way

By Helene Segura | February 18, 2016 |

You want to effectively communicate and use proper phone etiquette, but sometimes the phone can steal a lot of time from us throughout the day. Have you ever spent way too much time talking on the phone, and then you have no time left to get anything done? How can we avoid that? A tip…

Business email management – Tame your flooded inbox for better time management

By Helene Segura | February 9, 2016 |

Sometimes it takes folks a little while to learn business email management and keep up with incoming emails. Until that happens, the emails can pile up. So, what should you do if your inbox is overloaded?

Business email management – how to increase productivity

By Helene Segura | January 25, 2016 |

What’s the best way to improve your business email management? Have you ever looked at the clock and realized that you just spent the last two hours swimming around in your email inbox? Sure, you answered every email as it came in. But did you finish any high value tasks or projects? Ernest Hemingway once…

Track My Hours: What exactly is time tracking?

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | January 21, 2016 |

In my previous blog post, I shared answers from an interview that I gave about time logging or time tracking. After reading that post, I had a few people asked me, “Do I really need to track my hours?” Whether you call it time tracking or time journaling or time logging, the concept is that…

Get It All Done: Where Does Time Tracking Fit In?

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | January 12, 2016 |

Recently I was interviewed about the subject of time tracking and how to get it all done. Even though the interview was extremely brief – only three questions – I thought that folks with time management challenges could benefit from our brief discussion. 1) In a work setting, how beneficial can time logging/time tracking be…

New Year's Resolutions – Ever had pepper stuck in your nose?

By Helene Segura | January 5, 2016 |

I wanted to start off the year with my New Year’s Resolution of zero boxed or canned food. Chopped red bell pepper for the bison chili – done! Chopped onions and poblano pepper for the cornbread – done! Despite the fact that tears were streaming from my eyes by the time my knife came down…

#Productivity Tip – What are your boundaries with your mobile devices?

By Helene Segura | December 31, 2015 |

Have you ever… And then, every once in a while you… And… Have you ever not finished a sentence or a thought because you stopped to check your mobile device when it rang, buzzed, beeped or vibrated at you? Here’s another tip for Your Time Management Revolution:

Do you need to set up a go bag and mobile office? – Productivity Tools for your Time Management Revolution

By Helene Segura | December 17, 2015 |

Are you quite often on-the-go when you’re at work? Meaning you may work out of a home office, or a brick and mortar, or a car, or all three? If so, here’s another time management speaker tip for your time management revolution. If you work in more than one location, you should consider setting up

How can you dig out of a buried office? – Productivity Tip for your Time Management Revolution

By Helene Segura | December 10, 2015 |

Have you ever tripped over over a pile or maybe stubbed your toe on a box in your office? If so, here’s another productivity tip for your Time Management Revolution: As we talked about in the prior blog post in this series, it’s very important to

How to prevent holiday stress

By Helene Segura | December 4, 2015 |

Holiday Stress Prevention Since I receive a lot of great feedback when I re-post this each year, 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….

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