Making time isn't about radically overhauling your lifestyle it's about making small shifts in your environment to liberate yourself from constant busyness and distraction.Ī must-read for anyone who has ever thought, If only there were more hours in the day., Make Time will help you stop passively reacting to the demands of the modern world and start intentionally making time for the things that matter. If you feel like you have a bunch of little things to do like calls to make or. Nor does it propose unrealistic solutions like throwing out your smartphone or swearing off social media. Make Time's first step is to establish your Highlight (key goal) each day which could be personal or professional. Make Time isn't about productivity, or checking off more to-dos. Instead, it offers a customizable menu of bite-size tips and strategies that can be tailored to individual habits and lifestyles. Make Time is not a one-size-fits-all formula. Now they've packaged the most effective tactics into a four-step daily framework that anyone can use to systematically design their days. Building on the success of these sprints and their experience designing ubiquitous tech products from Gmail to YouTube, they spent years experimenting with their own habits and routines, looking for ways to help people optimize their energy, focus, and time. But what if the exhaustion of constant busyness wasn't mandatory? What if you could step off the hamster wheel and start taking control of your time and attention? That's what this book is about.Īs creators of Google Ventures' renowned 'design sprint,' Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams solve important problems by changing how they work. In a world where information refreshes endlessly and the workday feels like a race to react to other people's priorities faster, frazzled and distracted has become our default position. Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, 'The best way to spend this time is by cramming it full of meetings!' or got to work in the morning and thought, Today I'll spend hours on Facebook! Yet that's exactly what we do.

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Sprint, a simple 4-step system for improving focus, finding greater joy in your work, and getting more out of every day

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