 Hi, y'all. Let's hear again today. I'm still talking ABCs of cleaning, the most basic of basics. And today, I want to talk about efficiency, because efficiency matters in cleaning. You guys all know that, and it doesn't really matter how you're getting paid, right? Are you getting paid hourly, or if you're getting paid by percentage or commission, either way, you want to be the most efficient that you can be. Either way, I keep repeating that. Sorry. I should probably get this edited out, but it's probably not going to happen. So either way, with when you're cleaning, the more efficient that you are, the more effective you are at your cleaning, the better off everybody will be, you and your company. The more money everybody will be making. I mean, that's pretty much what it's about, right? Money in the pockets, no money in your pockets, why you even got a job here. So how is it that you can be more effective and more efficient in your cleaning? So efficiency is one of those things. It seems really easy. Just do what you're supposed to do, but not so much. It's not really just about doing what you're supposed to do, because a lot of times, small things will happen over time that we don't even notice or recognize until we've lost the efficiency, and then we have to go searching for where did it go. So I'm going to give you some basics. When you are trying to be more efficient, one of the things that you want to do is don't overwipe. So don't go like this and then go like this or going over it, right? Not one way and then the other way. So slower motions that are well defined so that you're getting one area and then the next area is a better motion. Of course, we need to do a lot faster than this, but you're going to be more efficient if you're not overlapping, right? Just cleaning as you go or up and down depending on where you're going. Again, rotating your hand and not overlapping stuff. So overlapping is a big thing that you don't want to be doing. You'll lose efficiency and going too fast. You also, well, when you go too fast, you definitely overlap and you also wasted motion. You go too fast like this pretty soon. You're worn out on your arm. You get tired. So then you start going double slow. You lose efficiency. Another way that we lose efficiency is walking back and forth, moving too much. So you grab your caddy or your bucket or whatever it is that you need to clean with and you walk in all the way upstairs and you realize, I forgot the vacuum cleaner and you walk all the way back downstairs and you grab the vacuum cleaner and you go all the way back upstairs. You're really, dang, forgot the cobwebber. Two things are going to happen there. One, and you know what I'm telling the truth here, one is you're going to go, eh, they don't look that bad today. Not good. This is not efficient because next time somebody's going to have to do double duty on that, right? Or you think, actually one of three things, or you think, eh, good enough with this cloth, bam, bam, you hit it down, right? Or third, you have to go all the way back downstairs, get your cobwebber and come all the way back upstairs. All three of these bad. So efficiency means making sure that you have the right stuff for the right area that you're going to be cleaning. A little bit of forethought. Figure out where you're going, figure out what you need, and take it all with you and go. Another one, mopping. Mopping, same problem, you have the same problem with mopping that you have with wiping. If you're not careful, over mopping, too much, too fast, what's it called? Overlapping. Overlapping areas again, same spot, versus getting a nice smooth motion. Also with mopping, you can be using that, you won't be efficient if you're using the wrong products. So if you have too much chemical, too little chemical, not enough water, too much water, all of these things can make your efficiency levels drop, really dramatically, too. Another thing is when you're working in a team, that if you are not communicating very well, your efficiency can drop because you can clean over each other or be constantly checking in with, where have you done, where have you gotten, and you can miss stuff. So if you're working in a team, you want to have set schedules, everybody knows exactly what they're responsible for and what they're cleaning so that you don't have this communication gas that can cause big efficiency issues, too. One last little efficiency thing that I wanted to talk about, and that is driving, getting to the job and getting to the next job. If you're going the wrong way, if you're not good at loading your products, chemicals, equipment out of the house and putting them into the car and then getting in the car and driving off vice versa, when you get to the house, if you're not good at unloading your vehicle and getting everything into the house, huge gaps in efficiency there. If you're a solo maid, a little bit better, but if you're a team, oh boy, just track it one day, you'll be shocked at how much time and money, right? Every time time is gone, money is gone, is spent just in driving, loading, and unloading. Those things are huge. All right, so my question for you today is, what is one area that you can work on to improve your efficiency? Just one. You don't have to work on everything, but everybody has at least one area that they could work on to improve their efficiency. What is yours? Okay, that's it for today, and I'll talk to you tomorrow. Bye.