This Simple Productivity System Made Me $100 Million | Ep 734

The Game with Alex Hormozi

Alex Hormozi

Entrepreneurship, Education, Business, How To

4.9 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

"Understanding the difference between the two kinds of work has been the biggest unlock in my life." In this episode, Alex (@AlexHormozi) defines "Maker" vs "Manager" work, why they matter for leverage, how teams can build more awareness and intentionality around them, and ultimately how putting this system into practice can make you a lot more money.

Special shoutout to Paul Graham who wrote a piece on this concept 14 years ago.

Welcome to The Game w/Alex Hormozi, hosted by entrepreneur, founder, investor, author, public speaker, and content creator Alex Hormozi. On this podcast you’ll hear how to get more customers, make more profit per customer, how to keep them longer, and the many failures and lessons Alex has learned on his path from $100M to $1B in net worth.

Timestamps:

(1:35) - The Manager

(3:15) - The Maker

(8:03) - The Maker/Manager Conflict

(16:11) - The 3-Pronged Approach

(16:36) - The Solution: Managers (Step 1)

(17:41) - The Solution: Managers (Step 2)

(18:33) - The Solution: Managers (Step 3)

(19:50) - The Solution: Makers (Step 1)

(21:09) - The Solution: Makers (Step 2)

(25:33) - The Solution: Makers (Step 3)

(26:06) - The Solution: Makers (Step 4)

(27:20) - The Solution: Organizations (Step 1)

(30:44) - Alex’s Calendar

(35:54) - The Solution: Organizations (Step 2)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This may be the most meaningful thing that you listen to this week or this month for your organization or for yourself
0:05.9	Understanding the dynamic between the two types of work and how you get the highest returns on time to make more money
0:10.6	Has been the greatest unlock I've had in my life and being able to finally
0:14.8	put words to a system that I've been improving for the last 13 years.
0:19.2	I finally put it into this format.
0:21.2	If it changes your life as much as it changed mine, enjoy it, use it,
0:25.0	spread it. Have you ever had someone reach out to you and say, hey, God minute, hey, got 10?
0:31.3	Hey, let me introduce you to so and and so they're going to be in town.
0:34.0	How does 10 a.m. work?
0:35.0	A normal exchange like that you might say yeah I've got five minutes or sure I can meet
0:39.2	so and so for coffee. The problem is that for one specific type of worker that five minute meeting blows their entire morning because they can't do the development work they need they can't edit the video they can't write the book chapter because it disrupt their workflow. On the other hand, there's
0:54.3	another type of worker where for them it's actually very optimal for them to take that
0:59.3	meeting. The question is, which one are you and at what times?
1:02.6	Also, special shout out to Paul Graham who wrote a tiny blogger on this 14 years ago.
1:06.0	So if time is what we invest and money is what we make from that investment,
1:10.2	then the people who are the best investors of time are the ones who make the most money.
1:14.8	And so it turns out there are two specific types of entrepreneurs and you'll switch hats
1:19.7	throughout your day or throughout your week.
1:21.9	The first and most common investor of time that people are
1:25.6	familiar with is the manager's schedule and these people have a very
1:30.0	specific way of investing time and getting returns on it so they can make the most money.
1:34.0	So let's talk about that.
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