Maker's Schedule vs Manager's Schedule

Biological Parallel

Browsers (deer, elephants) graze continuously across distributed food patches—manager's schedule, constant small decisions. Hunters (lions, wolves) invest hours in coordinated stalking—maker's schedule, deep uninterrupted focus before explosive execution. Both strategies are valid, but mixing them fails: interrupting a hunt mid-stalk wastes the energetic investment. The conflict isn't personal preference—it's metabolic strategy. Different work requires different temporal architectures.