Get Shit Done with 'Maker' Time

This last week I listened to Leila Hormozi's best YouTube Video- "How to ACTUALLY be Productive (even if you lack discipline)."

In the video she provides great frameworks and tips to help businesspeople be productive, but one idea really stuck with me:

Maker Time.

Leila asks the question, "what type of worker are you?"

She breaks it down into 3 types:

1. Maker - you make stuff (content, courses, outlines, SOPs)
2. Manager - day-to-day decisions (leading, training, meetings)
3. Hybrid - alternate between Maker & Manager week to week or month to month

Knowing which type of worker is important, but that's not the key takeaway.

As a small business owner, I am required to be a hybrid.

Given the current size of my business I have accepted I must wear both hats even if I would prefer more maker time.

"Managers... often kill the productivity of makers." - Leila Hormozi

For small business owners, another way to put this is:

Managing kills your productivity during your maker time.

And this is leads me to the takeaway I found most important- designing my work environment.

I view maker time in my business as GROWTH activities.

I view manager time in my business as managing the growth.

A few of my current growth activities:

• Developing strategic partnerships
• Setting up marketing campaigns and social posts
• Tweaking systems and processes for increased efficiency

A few of my current manager activities:

• Actual fulfillment
• Selling and writing proposals
• Emails, texting, invoicing, and sending contracts

I never feel like I get enough maker time.

That's why I'm re-designing my working environment to protect my maker time.

As a business owner still working as a manager, I understand that maker time is what grows the business enough to allow me to perform less manager activities.

How do I get more maker time if I'm always managing?

The answer: Schedule and protect maker time.

It's easy to put maker activities on the back burner, but because of Leila's breakdown of productivity, starting this next week, I am scheduling and protecting my maker time.

Not only am I scheduling it, but I am also planning it.

Meaning I know exactly what I want to get done during those hours.

Leila Hormozi has become one of my favorite personal brands to follow because of the way she breaks ideas down.

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