Guillaume Moubeche, the founder of Lempire, is a perfect example of how deep focus and monk mode can transform your productivity and business outcomes. Monk mode is a productivity technique where you eliminate all distractions and focus intensely on a single goal for an extended period. Guillaume used this approach to build Lempire into a $50M+ company, proving that sustained focus beats scattered effort every time.
The Story Behind Lempire's Success
Guillaume started Lempire in 2018 with a simple mission: help businesses grow through better outbound sales. But instead of trying to do everything at once, he committed to monk mode - dedicating 6-8 hours of uninterrupted work each day to building the product. During his monk mode periods, Guillaume would turn off all notifications and social media, work in 90-minute focused blocks, take only essential breaks, track his progress obsessively, and say no to meetings and distractions.
The Results Speak for Themselves
Within 18 months, Lempire grew to serve over 10,000 businesses and generate $50M+ in revenue. Guillaume attributes this success to the monk mode approach, which allowed him to build a product that truly solved customer problems. Key principles from Guillaume's monk mode approach include eliminating all non-essential activities, focusing on one major goal at a time, creating strict boundaries around your work time, removing all digital distractions, building systems that support deep work, measuring progress daily instead of weekly, and protecting your most productive hours.
Guillaume's success demonstrates that the most effective way to build something significant is through sustained, focused effort rather than scattered multitasking. In a world full of distractions, the ability to enter monk mode and focus deeply on your craft is what separates successful builders from the rest. This is exactly why tools like Maker's Schedule are so valuable - they help you create the structure and boundaries needed to enter your own monk mode and build something meaningful.