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jueves, 21 de enero de 2016

The Pomodoro Technique

The Pomodoro Technique was invented in the early 90s by developer, entrepeneur, and author Francesco Cirillo.

He developed this technique to be more productive.

If you have a large task that takes a lot of mental attention, then this technique is perfect. When faced with any large task or series of tasks, break the work down into short, timed intervals (called "Pomodoros").The recommended time working interval is twenty five minutes. You work in short sprints , which makes sure you're consistently productive. You can concentrate. The key is not to allow any inferences during this time period.

If you do get distracted, then you have to postpone the distraction until the pomodoro is complete. If you can do the latter, Cirillo suggests the "inform, negotiate, and call back" strategy:

You inform others that you are working on a project and cannot be disturbed.

To make the other person feel better, you can negotiate a latter time to deal with the distraction.

Do not answer phone calls during the pomodor, but call people back later after your task is done.

Of course there will be times of emergencies when you have to handle the emergrency, but this technique lets you complete a task, while not allowing interference.

Every twenty five minutes, you should take a five minute break, to refocus your brain to keep its concentration level at top gear.

You work in short sprints , which makes sure you're consistently productive. You also get to take regular breaks that bolster your motivate on and keep you creative. With time it can even help improve your attention span and concentration .

Pomodoro's focus is on making sure you make progress on your tasks, stay focused, and get things done without going insane.

This method is to increase your own attention on concentration on a task and avoid distractions. It was not meant to be a company wide system but is a more personal one.

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lunes, 18 de enero de 2016

So you want to increase your productivity!

You want greater profits!

You want your company’s stock to increase… You want to get a huge bonus check or higher take home pay…… All you have to do is increase your company’s productivity and profit margin…….

But wait!

The Chinese markets are doing poorly. Europe has not done well in years and the USA may be headed towards another recession.

With all that bad economic news…. How can you possibly accomplish your goal???

You work hard, do lots of research, you trying to find the way.

The way to success during hard times is really quite simple. Walt Disney had the answer. He actually had an animated bear sing the answer on how to accomplish an increased productivity in the face of a bad economy.

Look for the bare necessities

The simple bare necessities

Forget about your worries and your strife

I mean the bare necessities

That's why a bear can rest at ease

With just the bare necessities of life

So just try and relax, yeah cool it

In 2013 Honeywell has been trying to improve productivity across its four divisions and consolidate its businesses to bolster profit. The chief executive, David M. Cote, said general cost cuts pushed up margins. They reported a 17 percent increase in profit, as cost cuts more than made up for flat revenue. Its shares were up 3.79 percent, or $2.71, to $74.18 in trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

In 2007 The Gap had a huge drop in sales yet, their profit margin went up. Thanks to some timely tailoring, shares of Gap (GPS) jumped 27% on Nov. 21 even as the retailer's sales fell 8%. They have been able to post higher profits by slashing expenses in the face of declining revenues.

Cost cutting is a short term goal to get you through those bad years when the economy is hurting. When people do not have the money to spend because of bad times…. Looking for complex answers will not get you the results you need. There are just times when you have to cut back to the bear necessities.

And don't spend your time lookin' around

For something you want that can't be found

When you find out you can live without it

And go along not thinkin' about it

I'll tell you something true

The bare necessities of life will come to you

By Raul Gorrin

domingo, 17 de enero de 2016

Raúl Gorrín: The key to productivity is in the efficiency of the company and in its workers

By Raúl Gorrín. As a child we start our training into the business world with the most basic 1 + 1 is equal to two. When we are involved in a business, we learn that the key to success and business survival is in its ability to be productive. The key to productivity is in the efficiency of the company and in its workers.

So should it be any surprise that there are now so many apps to help you and your company be more productive.

There are apps to help with Time Management.

There are apps for procrastinators.

Dropbox is a free app. It allows you to transfer content from your computer to other devices. You can access and share important files on the go. You could send spreadsheets and other reports from you i-pad or from your cell phone to others.

Evernote s a free productivity tool that allows you to capture all your ideas, thoughts and images in many different ways, with voice, notes or images. You can even record your meetings, interviews, speeches and ideas, create lists, add voice or text attachments and share your files with friends.

I remember many years ago I was so very happy to make a sale. It was a huge sale and took in a lot of money for the company. What I didn’t figure out was the time involved in doing the job. The amount of man hours and salaries disbursed in doing this job, we actually lost money doing the job. It is not always easy to estimate the time involved in doing a particular project. But working at a loss is not exactly productive. If only there was an app that could keep tract of the amount of time invested into a project.

Focus Booster and Toggl are great alternatives to time-sheets if you need to track how much time you spend on different projects. Effective time management starts with being clear on exactly how much time you actually spend on your projects and tasks, and then analyze how you can manage them more effectively.(Raúl Gorrín)

Maybe that job that I did early in my career would have actually have been profitable and not have lost money if I would have found ways to cut down on many hours invested into that project.

So no matter…. Whether you be a teacher, a lawyer, and engineer , a doctor or just trying to be more productive with your own personal life, someone has either designed an app to help you there and if they have not as of this time…. Then it’s an opportunity for someone………By Raúl Gorrín.

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viernes, 15 de enero de 2016

Raúl Gorrín: Productivity and success

From the moment you enter your company as a new employee…..

No – Way before that!

From the moment that you start training in your field…..

You have to see what your goals in life are. Then you want to achieve them. In any business –selling is the key. You sell to your product and yourself to potential customers… You sell your value and yourself to your company….. You sell yourself to your boyfriend or girlfriend by letting them know that you are there one for them….. Life is all about SALES…..( Raul Gorrin)

A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing, always be closing.

That is a quote from a movie called, Always Be Closing.

You drove a Hyundai to get here. I drove an eighty-thousand dollar BMW. THAT'S my name. And your name is you're wanting. You can't play in the man's game, you can't close them - go home and tell your wife your troubles. Because only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line which is dotted. You hear me you fucking faggots? A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing. ALWAYS BE CLOSING. A-I-D-A. Attention, Interest, Decision, Action. Attention - Do I have your attention? Interest - Are you interested? I know you are, 'cause it's fuck or walk. You close or you hit the bricks. Decision - Have you made your decision for Christ? And Action. A-I-D-A. Get out there - you got the prospects coming in. You think they came in to get out of the rain? A guy don't walk on the lot lest he wants to buy. They're sitting out there waiting to give you their money. Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it? What's the problem, pal? That watch costs more than you car. I made $970,000 last year. How much'd you make? You see pal, that's who I am, and you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you! Go home and play with your kids. You wanna work here - close! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can't take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit? You don't like it, leave. I can go out there tonight with the materials you've got and make myself $15,000. Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can YOU? Go and do likewise. A-I-D-A. Get mad you son of a bitches, get mad. You want to know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes BRASS BALLS to sell real estate. Go and do likewise gents. Money's out there. You pick it up, it's yours. You don't, I got no sympathy for you. You wanna go out on those sits tonight and close, CLOSE. It's yours. If not you're gonna be shining my shoes.

The above is a speech given in the movie. The movie forgets ones thing. Integrity and team work. But it has the right concept when it comes to sales. Any company that wants to increase their productivity needs to teach its employees to sell. If a salesman does not know how to sell, if selling is not in their blood then there will be no money coming into the company and the company will go out of business.

A-I-D-A. Attention, Interest, Decision, Action.

Pay Attention to your customer. Study their wants and needs, study their company, learn about their goals. Know more about your client then they know about themselves. Make sure that your customer feels that they are getting more attention from you and your company then any of your competitors.

Show Interest in what you have learned about your customer. Let them know that you have an interest in seeing them succeed. That their success is your success.

Make a Decision to be there for your customer. Make an open decision to be their salesperson and supplier. You have more control on sales then you realize.

Once you have made a decision to be the winning salesperson, then you have to actively take action. You may have to take classes on your customers product or do self study. You have to do whatever it takes to be the best and make the sale. If you go after theSALE with integrity and do what is right by your customer. It will be a lot of work, it will be difficult, you will spend days and nights doing what it takes to be the best and make that sale. If you do all that you will be very productive and very successful.

Mohammed Ali, the famous boxer said it best….

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

By Raul Gorrin

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martes, 5 de enero de 2016

Raúl Gorrín: Lost time is never found again

Lost time is never found again. That is a quote from Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was a believer that one had to work work work. He had a famous quote where he said early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Mr. Franklin was not the only one who believed that the more you worked the greater would be your productivity. “More, bigger, faster.” This, the ethos of the market economies since the Industrial Revolution, is grounded in a mythical and misguided assumption — that our resources are infinite. In 1914, 10-16 hour workdays were normal and six day work weeks were commonplace. There was the belief that you could never make up lost time.

Then came Henry ford in 1914 and he created the concept of the 8 hour work day. “Eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest” slogan broke the mold and ratcheted down the hours worked to the 40 hour a week norm we have today. The reason we work 8 hours a day, isn’t scientific or much thought out. It’s purely the a century old norm for running factories most efficiently. Henry Ford and the rest of the world believed that this was the way to be mostproductive.

So what does science tell us about how much time one should spend working?

What amount of work time will be most productive?

Your brain can only focus for 90 to 120 minutes before it needs a break, Widrich reports. Why? It's the ultradian rhythm, a cycle that's present in both our sleeping and waking lives. And to do our most creative, productive work, we need to step to that rhythm. Nathan Kleitman, a groundbreaking sleep researcher. He called it the "basic rest-activity cycle": Kleitman found the 90-minute pattern in our days, too, as we move from higher to lower alertness—the ultradian rhythm.

More and more of us find ourselves unable to juggle overwhelming demands and maintain a seemingly unsustainable pace. Paradoxically, the best way to get more done may be to spend more time doing less. A new and growing body of multidisciplinary research shows that strategic renewal — including daytime workouts, short afternoon naps, longer sleep hours, more time away from the office and longer, more frequent vacations — boosts productivity, job performance and, of course, health.

The 8-hour workday was implemented over 100 years ago. Since then, we have become FAR more efficient in almost every part of life and business, so why our working hours are creeping UP, not down?

Human beings can’t focus as intensely as they need to for more than 90 minutes at a time. Afterwards, they need an average of 30 to 60 minutes to rest before trying again.

For a week, try to do no more than 3 - 90 minute sprints a day with at least 30 minutes rest in between each.

Don’t succumb to the cultural bias that may try to convince you that working 8+ hours per day makes you productive. That may be true for physical labor and some repetitive tasks, but it’s not true for knowledge workers and creative types. Many people enjoy tremendous flow and achieve great results by working in short high energy, bursts of motivation and drive. Try this for yourself, and you may never want to return to the gray zone of long, unproductive workdays again.

Test it out on yourself, or on your employees. Work no more than 6 hours following the ultradian rhythm and see if one week of focusing that l you will get the most output you’ve ever had. 8 hour workdays are so 1914.

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lunes, 4 de enero de 2016

Raúl Gorrín: Get more done when you eat there food

Just about everything we eat is converted by our body into glucose, which provides the energy our brains need to stay alert. When we’re running low on glucose, we have a tough time staying focused and our attention drifts. This explains why it’s hard to concentrate on an empty stomach. Mostrando image.png

The types of food that we eat and the manner in which it is digested will effect our bodies , our energy level, our ability to think clearly and how productive we are.

High fat food (think cheeseburgers and BLTs) provide a lot of energy but they are digested very slowly. This will reduce the oxygen to our brain and in turn will make us tired and groggy.

Foods that are of high carbohydrates like pasta, bread, pizza, cereal and soda will give us a quick burst of energy. This burst of energy will not last long as carbs burn off quickly. So you will get your burst of energy but then your body will crash and you will slow down.

Foods with protein but lower in fat will give you the energy that you need to stay on the top of your game but will be easier on the body to digest and not make you groggy.

I remember all the times while I was at work and knew I had a lot to do that afternoon. So I either skipped my lunch or I ate a fast meal. Unhealthy lunch options also tend to be faster than healthy alternatives, making them all the more alluring in the middle of a busy workday. They feel efficient. Which is where our lunchtime decisions lead us astray. We save 10 minutes now and pay for it with weaker performance the rest of the day. So we save time either skipping lunch or eating unhealthy fast foods – only to find that our bodies slow down the rest of the day. Our production suffers. I found many times that I had to push myself so much to work after that fast unhealthy meal and that I had so little energy that I had to redo my work or that I got nothing done.

So slow down. Give yourself your lunch break. Eat right. Energize your brain and your body. Your productivity will only increase. I know of some companies that have insisted that their employees take lunch or if they have to work without a lunch break, the company buys and brings lunch in. they got the right idea.

Eating right increases productivity. By Raúl Gorrín

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