What have you achieved over the past week? A loaded question for sure, and often difficult to answer. Following a blog post by Paul Graham about splitting life into a "managers" and a "makers" schedule, Martin adopted said approach and has been reaping the benefits ever since.
This podcast episode is a special one because we recorded it with a live audience during corporate Thrive Week, who add a different dimension to our usual approach. Martin shares his real life experience and gives some good examples of how he is utilizing this approach to lead a more focused and less stressful life with better results.
Here`s the blog post: “Maker`s Schedule, Manager`s Schedule” - reading is highly recommended if managing time and energy whilst achieving consistent results is for you
In short the idea is to divide your time between a "Maker`s Schedule" and a "Manager`s Schedule" with the Maker`s Schedule utilizing longer consistent blocks of time for focus activities (enabling you to "make" things without interruptions) and the Manager`s Schedule being the more traditional appointment booking approach with time divided into smaller blocks time.
Whilst running on "manager" schedule is the typical go to and more socially accepted version, it also often means your calendar and life is dictated by external forces rather than what you need to be successful (whatever that means to you personally).
We need ‘makers time” to finish those projects that create lasting change. And that’s the hard part. To block out time continuously and focus on the difficult task we have in front of us, regardless of whether that is a business plan, presentation, analysis or even something more personal.
Whether you listen to the recording or not, we still encourage you to take time out to think of what you achieved over the past week. It makes you realize how you have spent your time, and something we encourage leaders to incorporate into corporate culture and encourage your teams to do.
We are individually responsible for our own time and achievements, but managers and leaders can make room and remove barriers to make this happen.