Helene Segura's Blog, page 23

How Can Time Tracking Help You?

As I was archiving some of my writing from ten years ago, I was reminded how strategic best practices stand the test of time, unlike fad hacks that are popular today but fade over time. Case in point. The following is an excerpt from a written interview with a journalist in which she asked me…

How Do I Get People to Use My Appointment Scheduler?

A client asked me last week: “How do I get people to use my phone appointment scheduler?” She’d begun to use a scheduling platform (think Calendly or ScheduleOnce). She was worried that people would be turned off by being told to use an automated digital calendar system to schedule a phone or Zoom meeting instead…

Productivity Boost – Fixed Wireless Internet in Rural Areas

If you’re a city dweller, you might be wondering why someone who lives in the United States of America in the 21st century is writing about how to find high speed internet service. But if you live in a rural area, you might be down on your knees right now, hoping that this time, you’ve…

What to Do If You Lose Your Vaccine Card

You now have one more object to be responsible for: a vaccination card. It’s one more item you need to keep track of, to know where it is at any given moment, to protect from the elements, to keep pristine when you need to carry it. But your vaccine card is different from any other…

Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life

Do you remember the television show, The X-Files? FBI Agent Mulder – with a mind open to everything possible – investigated alien sightings, the supernatural, and the seemingly unexplainable. His partner, Agent Scully, was a medical doctor who didn’t readily accept “out there” hypotheses and instead sought scientific proof and explanations for each of their…

How a Kim’s Convenience “Sneak Attack” Can Improve Productivity

This mantra is one that I preach to participants in my seminars and workshops as well as during individual client sessions: “Time management is all about mind management.” Your brain decides how you’re going to use every single moment each and every day. Your brain will decide whether to wander or stay focused. Your brain…

Email Best Practices at Work

Outside of picking up the phone and calling someone in order to prevent a lengthy, time-consuming email thread, the subject line and the format of the body are the fundamental keys to immediately improving email efficiency. Subject Line State the purpose, content and any deadline for action or response. It should be clear to the…

Productivity Boost – Recommended Daily Allowances for Vitamins

“Time management is all about mind management.” This is a mantra that I preach to individual clients and participants in my seminars and workshops. It’s your brain that decides how you’re going to use every single second of every single minute of every single day. Your brain will decide whether to stay focused or wander.…

How to Set Up a Filing System – Naming Conventions

I’ve been a proud part of the “Meet the Pros” team in a seasonal series of organization magazines from Better Homes & Gardens. The process usually starts with a phone interview and ends with several follow-up questions. During our most recent project, I received these follow up questions asking for details about how to set…

Visionary Leadership Can Lower Productivity

Throughout history in art, science, medicine, technology and business, visionary leaders have played an important role in thinking differently within the parameters of the proverbial box or leaving the box behind completely. In order for visionary leaders to be successful, they must either also have detail-oriented leadership skills or surround themselves with team members who…