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Maker vs. Manager: How Your Schedule Can Make or Break You
of hours you typically work. Now comes the important part: Divide the hours of your workday into blocks and assign activities to the blocks.
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Paul Graham, a venture capitalist, programmer, and essayist, calls this batching strategy “Maker’s Schedule/Manager’s Schedule.”4 If you’re trying to create something, the worst thing you can possibly do is to try to fit creative tasks in between administrative tasks—context switching will kill your productivity. The “Maker’s Schedule” consists of
... See moreJosh Kaufman • The Personal MBA: A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume
To create more reasonable workdays, I have two suggestions: first, reduce the number of tasks you schedule, and second, reduce the number of appointments on your calendar.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
I’ve found that it’s more effective to put creative activities in the morning and save the organizing, sorting, and deciding activities for the afternoon.
Jeff Shannon • Lead Engaging Meetings
"...the mere consciousness of an engagement will sometimes worry a whole day."– Charles Dickens
July 2009One reason programmers dislike meetings so much is that they're on
a different type of schedule from other people. Meetings cost them
more.There are two types of schedule, which I'll call the manager's
schedule and the maker's schedule. The manager'... See more
July 2009One reason programmers dislike meetings so much is that they're on
a different type of schedule from other people. Meetings cost them
more.There are two types of schedule, which I'll call the manager's
schedule and the maker's schedule. The manager'... See more