How can I manage my time as a busy high school student and explain automation to non‑tech‑savvy leads when using your Loom video cold‑email approach?
Congratulations on doing this in high school—that's awesome. If I had started the entrepreneurial track then, I'd be far ahead. Reality check: you're actually the least busy you'll ever be. As you get older, responsibilities increase, so you have more time now than you think. Use that time by learning to work within an 8‑hour day. The most important thing to do first each morning is record your content—it's your lead‑generation mechanism, how you make money, build authority, brand, and trust. Knock it out early; by 8 am you'll have done more impactful work than most people do all day. Also, avoid short‑form content like Shorts and Reels; they’re an infohazard that can turn your brain to mush. Most people’s available time per day declines linearly with age, so building good habits now pays off in the future.
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Great question. I would watch all of my own tutorials—like the 'make money with make' playlist and the NAN full course playlists I've set up. Not exactly playlists, but compilations. The simplest and easiest way to get up and running with the technical skills is to watch those. I'd also watch a few of my business videos, like the 80/20 summary of automation basics in less than an hour. I watch that, and a prompt engineering video—those together form the 80/20 curriculum I'd recommend. Once you know that, you actually get out there and start making Upwork applications, sending emails, sending cold DMs, reactivating your network if you're running a previous business, making community posts, and so on. Basically, you need to put yourself in front of customers as much as humanly possible. It doesn't even matter what your skill levels are.
Well, you ended up joining anyway—just kidding. For anyone else here, I'd recommend a couple of hours, maybe two to three hours per day. The first couple of days might be a bit heavier: day one could be three to four hours, day two two to three hours, then from day three onward it settles to about two hours a day, maybe a little more. Some people take longer at the start, but that's okay. The reason this works quickly is that lead generation and outreach strategies become fast with practice because I make you do a lot of them. Regardless of initial timing, you'll eventually gravitate to a two‑to‑three‑hour daily workload, which most people can fit in. A core part of the program is daily accountability and habit tracking—not just learning a specific lead gen tactic or setting up automations. It's like going to the gym but for money: you show up daily, track your habits, and build consistency. Regarding money, it's hard to give a fixed number because it scales with how much outreach you do. My suggestion is about ten Upwork applications a day and roughly two thousand cold emails in the first month. In practice, most people end up spending an extra $100‑$150 per month on things like Upwork fees or cold‑email tools, due to limiting beliefs that hold them back. The beauty of Maker School is that the capital outlay is low: you spread the cost over three months, and the time to see results is short compared to typical businesses that require a big upfront spike with uncertain payoff. You also get discounts via coupon aggregators and my affiliate links, so give it a try.
Results come from consistent daily habits—completing tasks, building grit, and gaining your first client. It’s not about a fixed timeline; the program works if you put in the effort, and many members have landed clients quickly (e.g., first‑month wins, part‑time $11k/month, etc.). The process is boring but effective: a big task list walked through step by step. If you can go from zero to one fast, you’ll scale from one to a thousand fast. I encourage you to join Maker School and learn directly from the source, focusing on consistency and foundational business concepts rather than chasing a specific model.
Maker School is designed to throw you into the deep end of AI automation and get you interacting with customers within the first few days. It isn’t a slow, gradual ramp‑up for total beginners. You could spend a few months learning basic AI concepts on your own, but you can also dive straight into Maker School and start doing lead generation right away. The program includes education, QA, bug fixes, and automation help as part of daily fulfillment, but it’s not a full end‑to‑end AI curriculum covering webhooks, APIs, etc. Instead, you get everything needed to reach the lead‑generation side of the business, daily actionables, and the resources to figure things out. This fast‑track approach is chosen because it offers the highest ROI and the shortest path from zero to one.