How to take things under control by Kim Perfetto, the New York bike messenger

If you have not watched the movie "Premium Rush"Strongly recommend to take the time to view. And it's not just that there is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and people get up with bicycles just incredible things. The fact is that it clearly shows how in making decisions every second counts. And even if you think you need to hurry, do it slowly and carefully, because on the decision may depend not only your work, but also, and perhaps your life.

Kim Perfetto works in New York Velokurjers, as well as a personal fitness trainer. Velokurjers be in such a great city with so many machines are not so simple. Especially when a second and decide everything by order delivery time depends almost the life of the client.

Kim has three basic postulate of situation management, on which it is based in their work and life.

stay focused

It must constantly keep abreast of developments. During the delivery time she gets phone calls, email, sms to change the route or time, and thus it should be constantly focused on the road.

Manage your time

Being Velokurjers, Kim can not stop in the middle of delivery to say something like: "Oh, is already 5:00 pm! My working day is over! I'll go home. "She must complete all the orders and it has deadlines that establish the customers themselves. And the couriers and the customers are well aware of how annoying delay.

Be flexible

On the road, anything can happen: the cork, which is difficult to pass even on a bicycle; failure of the bicycle; change orders and other not very pleasant moments. And Kim is trying to be flexible and be prepared for the fact that the situation may change, and from it we have to somehow get out.