How professionals work. Alexey Lankin, HotelTonight Director for Eastern Europe

The heading "How Professionals Work" continues to acquaint the readers of "Megamind" with the working habits of various specialists in the IT market.

Alexey Lankin heads the HotelTonight office for Eastern Europe, previously held the position of regional director of Groupon Russia and director of travel operator Travel MC development. He is fond of triathlon.


Current Location:
Berlin (Mitte), Germany
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Current place of work:
HotelTonight, Country Manager Eastern Europe

Education:
HSE, Master of Political Science

One word that best describes how you work:
Productively

How many hours a day do you work?
12 hours. 4 hours for training and rest, and 8 for sleep.

Current mobile device:
iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S5

Current computer:
Macbook air

Without any applications, programs, utilities you can not live?
WhatsApp / Facebook Messenger / Telegram, Freeletics, Lifesum, CoinKeeper, Meduza, Sports.Ru, Gett, HotelTonight

Which life hack helps you save time?
The most important task of the day to solve in the morning first thing. Planning and attention to detail.

What kind of to-do manager do you use?
Notebook and pen + 2Do

What do you listen when you work?
The rustling of the convolutions of the brain. I do not listen to music, when I work or when I play sports - I try to focus on business and hear myself and my colleagues.

What are you reading now?
"All the Kremlin army", Mikhail Zygar (more precisely read for a couple of nights).

Which book from the last read was remembered the most?
Bible

Do you use e-readers or prefer paper books?
50/50, but without Bookmate, life is already hard to imagine, although I had never been able to read on devices before.

How long do you sleep?
8 hours, no less and no more. I do not believe that it is possible to live normally, if you sleep for a long time for 4 hours, as many say.

Are you an owl or a lark?
A lark who likes to sleep very much

How do you have breakfast?
Sitting. I do not have a snack on the run

How do you spend your time on the way to work / from work?
I go down the stairs from the fifth floor, go out into the courtyard, go into the office - it takes a minute to go all the way. I plan and think a lot during long workouts.

What advice you have ever been given can you convey to others?
“If you want to say or do something, first count to ten.”