Chapter 9 · Operations
Daily system and weekly review
You can leave this chapter when tomorrow’s block is on a calendar, not a mood, and you know the three numbers you will write down on Sunday.
Talent does not compound. Blocks do. If the reply block is “when I have time,” you will have time on January 1 and never again.
| Block | Time | Output | Skip rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write | 15–20 min | One original, or none | Skip if it does not map to a job |
| Peer replies | 15 min | 8–12 Column A / C | Do not skip |
| Reach replies | 15 min | 5–8 Column B with an add | Skip if you would only cheerlead |
| Answer | 5–10 min | Every useful comment | Do not skip. Mutual-reply weight. |
If you only have 30 minutes, cut Write, keep Peers + Answer.
IST timing for English-speaking builders
- Late morning: Column A / C.
- 8–10pm: Column B. US founders post. First 15 minutes still matter.
- Friday: scoreboard in the Write slot.
- Sunday: review, not a new format.
The X log, five lines
- Date and minutes actually spent.
- Replies that passed the standalone test.
- Authors who answered.
- Original shipped (job name) or “none.”
- Profile visits and follows from Analytics.
Sunday: which reply earned a visit? Which original earned a follow? Which name goes on Column C? Which name leaves A? One kill. One keep. Ten names refreshed.
Habits that keep the system cheap
- Track five numbers in one sheet every week: impressions, profile visits, follows, replies given, replies received. Only tracking followers optimizes for the wrong game.
- Live posting versus scheduling is a real choice. Post live when you are riding a wave. Batch when you are travelling or busy. Neither is dogma.
- Remix, do not copy. Scroll the top posts of the best accounts in your niche, extract the hook, then rewrite it in your own story and numbers.
- Pick one public goal for a year and do not switch it. Show the messy process every day. A sentence like “a video a day until this hits $X” is the whole strategy.
- Do not be so busy you have no time to think. Hustle as identity is how accounts stay at 400 for a year.
Printable daily card
DATE: ________
BLOCK 1 (15 min): __ peer replies author replied back: __
BLOCK 2 (15 min): __ reach replies author replied back: __
ORIGINAL TODAY: [ ] explainer [ ] scoreboard [ ] proof [ ] opinion [ ] none
FOLLOWERS start / end: ____ / ____
PROFILE VISITS: ____
ONE THING I'LL REUSE TOMORROW: ____________
ONE THING I KILL: ____________
Drill · 15 minutes
Put a 45-minute event on tomorrow titled “A/C block,” not “content.” Create the log. Fill yesterday from memory.