T he way we lead our lives and the reason why it’s so consumed with so many tasks is that we are reacting to the standards set up by our society.

In this article, I’ll go through the Make Time approach, why it came about, and then attempt to redesign my day. Instead of ticking tasks off our to-do lists quicker or perfecting the art of time management, they propose we redesign our time so that we can spend a portion of it on the things we truly care about. This results in having no time to do the things that matter to us, whether it’s spending time with our family or pursuing a personal hobby.Īuthors of Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day, Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky offer up a solution in their book. Immersed in a culture that places busyness on a pedestal, the more things we’re occupied with, the more effective it appears that we are. 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.Citizens of the 21st century live in a constant state of busyness. Nor does it propose unrealistic solutions like throwing out your smartphone or swearing off social media. 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.

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