The Owner's Almanac

A 90-Day Owner's Workbook

One page a day for 90 days to build a business that runs without you.

Most owners are busy and broke at the same time. The Almanac gives you one sharp exercise each day across Time, Money, People, Vision, Strategy, and Exit and saves every answer so the work compounds.

90 daily exercises Work at your own pace Optional daily email

Prefer pen and paper? The Owner's Almanac is also available as a printed workbook.

See a day in the Almanac

One focused page a day: the idea, the tool, the move, and space to do the work. Every answer saves automatically.

The Owner's Almanac · Day 1
TimeDay 1 of 90

What Your Hour Actually Costs

The Idea

Your time has a price tag. Most owners have no idea what it is. They will negotiate a vendor down by $500 and then spend three hours doing work they could pay someone $25 an hour to handle. You need to know what your hour costs so you can decide what deserves it.

The Tool

Your Hourly Rate = (Annual Revenue x Your Ownership %) / Hours You Work Per Year. Run the number, then compare it to what you are actually spending your hours on.

Today's Move

Calculate your hourly rate, write it down, and make it your filter for every decision about your time.

Your Turn

What is one thing you did this week that was nowhere near worth your hourly rate?

Spent half a day reconciling invoices a $20/hour bookkeeper could handle.

My annual revenue

$3,000,000

My hourly rate

$1,250
Mark day complete

Six parts. Ninety moves.

Each part is a focused two-week sprint on the things that actually decide whether your business owns you, or you own it.

Time

Days 115

The Owner's Scarcest Resource

Money

Days 1630

Cash, Margin, and the Numbers That Matter

People

Days 3145

Building a Team That Runs Without You

Vision

Days 4660

Where You Are Actually Going

Strategy

Days 6175

How You Win

Exit

Days 7690

Building a Business You Can Leave

How it works

  1. 1

    Read the day

    Each day opens with the idea, why it matters at your size, the tool, and a trap to avoid.

  2. 2

    Do the move

    Answer the reflection and the write-in prompts. Everything saves to your account automatically.

  3. 3

    Commit to one thing

    End every day with one concrete move, a deadline, and how you'll know it worked.

  4. 4

    Keep momentum

    Turn on the optional daily email to get nudged to the next exercise — at your own pace.