Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day

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Not every hour has to be optimized and orchestrated for maximum efficiency. One of our goals with Make Time is to steer you away from the impossible vision of perfectly planned days and toward a life that’s more joyful and less reactive. That means doing some things just because you like doing them. Along with Branden Kowitz, Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky are also the authors of the book "SPRINT". To whom is this book indicated?

Urgency: Go for something that’s time-critical and must be completed that day. Ideally, the task should be mid-sized and important, e.g. sending a proposal to a customer, or helping your son to finish a school project. Don’t worry about perfection. Just keep testing, changing and refining your system. You may also prefer different tactics for different situations (e.g. when you’re in office or traveling). There are projects—small, medium, or large— you’d like to make time for, but don’t know where to start.The authors are designers by training, and they clearly understand how to keep the path smooth so that their users will be far more likely to actually use their product. Here, their product is their "Make Time" system that consists of four steps:

The things you suggest have changed my life. I was already a phone minimalist, but your book has transformed me into an early morning person who thinks hard about her Highlight for the day and makes it count.” —Michelle in England Seek opportunities for movement throughout the day by taking the stairs, parking farther away, or standing up and stretching during long periods of sitting. The book itself is a fun and straightforward read. If you are like me, you already have many of the advices already designed into your life. Anyways, I wanted to write this review only after trying out few things in practice. Matter of fact the writers suggest same. We need to take control of our digital devices to optimize productivity and make the most out of our day. As we explore various lease tactics, let’s consider how some strategies from the book can be applied to our lives: The logic behind this tactic is quite simple: “The best way to defeat distraction is to make it harder to react.”Combine the four-plus hours the average person spends on their smartphone with the four-plus hours the average person spends watching television, and distraction is a full-time job.” Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky

When you schedule something, you’re making a commitment to yourself, sending yourself a tiny message that says: “I’m going to do this.” Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky Lesson #3: Stay Laser-Focused and Away from the Always-Connected World No time: “Sorry, I’m really busy with some big projects, and I just don’t have time for anything new” Our goal is to help you create a healthy, sustainable habit of using the daily Highlight and the rest of the Make Time framework to focus on what matters every day. Through the design sprint laboratory, a variety of key lessons emerged that would prove invaluable for the next stage of the project:If you can't make time in the middle of the day, you can do it early in the morning. However, if you consider yourself a nocturnal person, take some time at night to dedicate yourself to it; The book recommends 4 tactics and strategies to help keep our bodies moving and promote overall health: You are a sample size of one, and your results are the only results that really matter. This kind of everyday science is what “Reflect” is all about.