I just love it when my clients share educational information with me, especially when I’m looking for inspiration for the Weekly Thought.

I awoke this morning to an SMS which read, “Morning Shirl, Just sharing this Alex Hormozi clip on a concept I thought you might like – a good one here about makers and managers.”

Thank you, Mark.

I listened to the podcast whilst at the gym this morning and it was all about how we invest our time.

According to Hormozi, (who also wrote “$100M Leads” and “$100M Offers”) there is a big difference between the work of a maker and the work of a manager and the relevant time periods required by each.

Hormozi claims this productivity system made him $100M.

To summarise, managers are productive when they are in meetings and makers are productive when they are working alone creating (making) something.

When managers ask, “Have you got a minute?”, it’s a big risk to the maker, especially if the maker is making something or is in maker’s time.

I related to his definition of maker time. When I am working on client systems, I need maker time. I need to lock myself away so I can think and develop systems. I also need this time when I am creating training courses for clients.

I also related to manager time, when we might be making calls or conducting client meetings or coaching or training.

How about you?

Are you a maker or a manager?

Here’s the rub, both types of work need to intercept at some point. Managers need to give the CEO an update and the CEO needs to communicate the vision, plan and resources required.

The balancing act is how to make these two different types of work co-exist harmoniously and productively.

Hormozi suggests a number of techniques, one of which is for the maker to schedule meetings to fill one of the maker’s entire time periods instead of adhoc meetings that can disrupt more than one assigned period.

Another is for managers to respect that when the maker is in maker time, they don’t interrupt.

Listening to the podcast, I also started thinking about the teachings from EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) who advocate meeting rhythms to ensure all relevant stakeholders are communicating and holding each other accountable for agreed outcomes and how this fits with what Hormozi is advocating.

Have a listen to the podcast and let me know what you think.

It certainly inspired me to be more protective and systematic with my biggest asset – my time.

What about you?

Here’s the link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NzLKKEhH9T1QJ3RE6nC00?si=y5peokgRTPeZqIz-QaDHUw

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