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Il y a deux modes de gestion du temps: celui du manager, et celui du créateur. La manager a une journée divisée en cases d'une heure, et une grande partie de son temps consiste à rencontrer des gens. Pour le créateur, par contre, son temps est divisé en demi-journées et même en journées. Le coût d'une réunion pour un créateur est bien plus important que pour un manager. Lisez l'article de Paul Graham, qui explique très bien tout ça.
Pour ma part, j'ai commencé il y a quelques mois (avec plus ou moins de régularité, je l'avoue) à définir à l'avance des journées "bureau" et des journées "réunions/expéditions". Cet article me conforte dans cet effort: ce que je fais, c'est que je sépare le temps où je vis la vie du manager de celui où je suis le créateur.
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I few months ago I wrote an article called Office vs. Errand Days, where I explained that I had started grouping my errands on certain days and making sure that I had meeting-free office days on others.
I’ve just finished reading Paul Graham’s excellent essay Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule, and realized that what I have been doing is separating my days into “manager’s schedule days” and “maker’s schedule days”.
As a freelancer, I am both: I’m the manager who meets people, has speculative meetings, receives new clients or gets interviewed by journalists. But I’m also the maker: a whole bunch of what I get paid for has to be done quietly in the office. And a whole bunch of what I need to do to get paid work also happens in the office.
So, if I’m not careful, I let the manager’s schedule take over my week, I’m super-busy but I don’t really get any paid work done, or proper prospecting.
So, here’s to grabbing my calendar again and making sure I put enough “maker days” into each of my weeks. And here’s to saying “no” firmly but gently when asked to interrupt one of my “maker days”. Even if I’m the person I need to say no to.
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Digital Crumble
Job Offer: Chief Architect, coComment
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On embauche chez coComment! Architecte en chef recherché.
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I’ve dropped hints with a few people that there were exciting things to come within coComment. There is still much we cannot say, but here’s a fist tidbit (and not the least): we’re hiring.
As a personal note, I’d like to add that there are chances I’ll be reporting to the Chief Architect. It’s of course not yet 100% certain as there are many unknowns, but here I am, probably posting the ad for my future boss’s position…
Crossposted on coComment blog.
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