SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR TIME CHALLENGES

2024 Holiday Shipping Deadlines

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | November 21, 2024 |

If you’re planning to purchase for loved ones (or yourself!) gifts that need to be shipped, it’s important to be aware of holiday shipping deadlines: This year, Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and Boxing Day are all within two days of each other, so the holiday shipping timelines for these year-end holidays are the same. If you…

2024 – How to Prevent Holiday Stress

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | November 14, 2024 |

What is your holiday season shaping up to be like this year? In our family, events and celebrations started at the end of October. When my husband and I sat down last weekend with the calendar in front of us, we realized that nearly every weekend for the rest of the year plus Thanksgiving week…

How to Maintain Focus

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | November 7, 2024 |

When companies opt to offer a follow-up session after my main program, they share my survey on which topic the employees would like covered at this additional session. The time management topic of Maintain Focus consistently ranks in the top three requests – no matter which industry or how big or small the company is.…

Thanksgiving Weekend: Finding Work-Life Balance

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | October 31, 2024 |

  What is your definition of work-life balance?   Creating your definition of work-life balance is a recommendation I make to my coaching and consulting clients as well as during my time management workshops.   If you don’t yet have one, consider starting small by creating a definition for work-life balance during the Thanksgiving holiday.…

Zombieland Rules for Improved Productivity

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | October 24, 2024 |

  When I first watched the 2009 movie Zombieland, I was instantly intrigued by the rules that were shared throughout the flick by actor Jesse Eisenberg’s character, Columbus. The OCD part of my brain wanted some entity out there to have the entire list posted on a website, but alas, I couldn’t find it back…

Five Steps to Regain Control During a Crap Storm

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | October 17, 2024 |

  Have you ever felt overwhelmed or like the universe was just piling it on you? You might experience that when one thing after another goes wrong or gets cancelled or somehow goes sideways. On some occasions, you might call this spiraling out of control. Whether you feel a tinge of this or you feel…

Booking Preferences for Business Travel

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | October 10, 2024 |

When I travel for work, I usually take care of all of my own bookings. However, when an event organizer asks me for my business travel preferences because they want to handle everything, I have my list of requests ready to go. I recently updated my travel booking preferences, so I thought I’d share it…

Does Multi-Tasking Really Work?

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | October 7, 2024 |

  The term multi-tasking was all the rage when I was graduating from college in the early 90’s. In fact, it was a skill that was supposed to be listed on job applications and resumes. After all, if you could multi-task, then you could accomplish more. A few decades later, research emerged that multi-tasking wasn’t…

Examples of Time Blocking or Time Boxing

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | September 26, 2024 |

One common time management strategy is time blocking. This can also be referred to as time boxing. It’s a tactic that involves making an appointment with yourself for a set amount of time to complete your tasks. The time block can be anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes (more common) to the entire day (rare…

Tips for Outlook Email and Tasks

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | September 19, 2024 |

One of my clients recently attended a webinar on how to utilize Outlook Email and Tasks more efficiently. It wasn’t a deep dive, and it wasn’t recorded, so my client had a lot of questions. Here’s a round-up of tips related to his questions about Outlook email, tasks and calendar: *Outlook default: open first to…

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