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Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
There are two key reasons that the distinction between maker and manager schedules matters for each of us and the people we work with.First, defining the type of schedule we need is more important than worrying about task management systems or daily habits. If we try to do maker work on a manager schedule or managerial work on a maker schedule, we ... See more
Shane Parrish • Maker vs. Manager: How Your Schedule Can Make or Break You
Writing novels is hard, and requires vast, unbroken slabs of time. Four quiet hours is a resource that I can put to good use. Two slabs of time, each two hours long, might add up to the same four hours, but are not nearly as productive as an unbroken four. If I know that I am going to be interrupted, I can’t concentrate, and if I suspect that I mig... See more
Neal Stephenson • Neal Stephenson - Why I Am a Bad Correspondent
There’s an important distinction between “tasks” and “flows.” Batching these things into “to-dos” is a mistake; they even require different types of systems (whether software or analog).
I use a spiral-bound college-ruled book for tasks. This is my vehicle for manager mode, and I try to keep it closed unless I want to get a lot of things done in a
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