SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR TIME CHALLENGES

National Teacher Appreciation Week – If you can read this, thank a teacher!

By Helene Segura | May 4, 2015 |

  National Teacher Appreciation Week – If you can read this, thank a teacher! In any profession, there are top performers, middle-of-the-road joes, and bottom-of-the-barrel scrapers. With the ease and anonymity of social media, many in society tend to share and shout about the latter. For some reason, it takes a bit more effort to…

Time Management Tip – Get a hacker alarm system

By Helene Segura | April 30, 2015 |

Time Management Tip – Get a hacker alarm system Hacking is a huge productivity cost because you lose a ton of time and money dealing with the aftermath. In the past, I wasn’t overly concerned about website hackers because my website doesn’t have a shopping cart, and I don’t host a membership module that stores…

Productivity Tools – Imbalance changes our perspective

By Helene Segura | March 30, 2015 |

The other day I was working with a client on determining which productivity tools would be best for her situation when she suddenly blurted out, “Are all of your clients in turmoil?!?” She’d been exasperated since

Time Management Techniques – It’s all about priorities

By Helene Segura | March 17, 2015 |

Did you know that February was National Time Management Month? Is it a coincidence that February is the shortest month of the year?!? When people find out that I teach time management techniques their first question is often, “How can we get it all done in only 24 hours?” The answer is,

Time Management Tips: Why Is Teamwork important to productivity? (part 2)

By Helene Segura | March 10, 2015 |

Time management tips continued from last week’s post: I stared out the window, rocking a la Rainman, and kept muttering, “Please let us make it.” Our plane left the gate 15 minutes later. ETA: 7:00 PM. Good thing we had our tennis shoes on. At 6:25, I got up to use the restroom. I didn’t…

Time Management Tips: Why is teamwork important to productivity?

By Helene Segura | March 3, 2015 |

If you’ve ever relied on an airplane to reach your destination by a specific time or, heck, even a specific day, you know that can be a little dicey because you never know what kind of a delay might put a kink into your schedule. Such was the situation when we were headed out on…

Clearing physical clutter also helps clear mental clutter

By Helene Segura | February 5, 2015 |

Clearing Physical Clutter Also Helps Clear Mental Clutter The insurance giant USAA approached me in December about helping them with an article in their series, “More with Less.” The basic premise of their series is that “you can have goals, and reach for them even when you have little to work with (no job, etc.).”…

Go Daddy Super Bowl ad should be a wake-up call to business owners

By Helene Segura | February 2, 2015 |

The Big Sunday Event I’m a huge football fan, so watching the Super Bowl is a big event in our house. The food is cooked and the drinks are ready by 5:00 P.M. (30 minutes before kickoff in our time zone) so that we don’t miss a second of the game or the commercials. This…

Time management tips – focus first, then bust distractions

By Helene Segura | January 15, 2015 |

Back in early November, San Antonio Magazine came calling to ask for time management tips on how to increase productivity. Writer Chris Warren and I had a great conversation, talking about the variety of pressures and productivity pitfalls people face on a daily basis. His summary of our conversation appears

Improve productivity by organizing your personal life – tips from a women’s keynote productivity speaker

By Helene Segura | January 12, 2015 |

Women’s Keynote Productivity Speaker Touts the Value of Home Organization On January 6, 2015, I appeared with Great Day SA co-host Eileen Teves on CBS KENS 5  for a segment about how to get organized in the new year. As a speaker, while I deliver keynotes and workshops about how to improve productivity at work, one helpful way…

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