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Who are you:
Maurín Arellano
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Your current job:
Owner @ Maurin Cuisine
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In which city are you located?
Montréal
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A word to define what kind of worker you are:
Chef
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What tools are essential to your life (app, software, etc..)
Kitchen equipment, laptop, cell phone
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What does your office space look like?
It’s an office in my apartment for the paperwork but I work out of a coworking kitchen where I have access to a work area to work from, meet clients, do tastings, etc.
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What kind of music do you listen when you are working?
I like dance music, yet my fave is CBC 93.5
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Do you have a way to organize your day to maximize your work?
Always start with a check off list, even if things sometimes make it to the next day again
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What tips would you give to improve productivity?
I think everyone has their ways, but just to stay focused.
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You’re better than your colleagues to:
N/A
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What is the best advice anyone has given you?
Don’t get a business partner
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What is your best tip for saving time?
Start a project a day before
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What is your routine start and end of the day?
coffee and office time for 1 hour, it ends usually doing dishes or finishing a delivery
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Aside from your computer and your phone, what gadget can you not you go without?
Chef’s knife