Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day

# 🚀 The Book in 1 SentenceMake Time is about creating space in your life for what truly matters using highlights, laser-style focus, energizing breaks, and regularly reflecting on how you spend your most valuable asset.# 🎨 ImpressionsThis is a life changing book. There are so many practical tips, or golden nuggets, throughout this book that will help us find time for what is important in our life without making even the slightest dent in our regular schedule. A must read for everyone.# 🔍 How I Discovered ItThis book was featured by youtuber Ali Abdal in his YouTube channel as one of the three books that changed his life.# 📖 Who Should Read It?- Anyone who feel exhausted by the busyness of modern life and are unable to find time for what is important to them.- Social media and smartphone users who feel like their devices and apps own them, rather than the other way around.- Quarter, mid and late-life crisis sufferers who sense their lives are slipping by in a busy, distracted blur.# ☘️ How the Book Changed MeThis book changed my life immediately in many ways -- I understood that I waste a considerable amount of time in my day scrolling through instagram and facebook, which were my distraction kryponites. So, I uninstalled both. It was tough at first, but soon I realised my life is a lot more peaceful now, and that I don't miss them anymore.- I used to create to-do lists. But this book made me realise that anyone who has a to-do list will try to check maximum boxes quickly, so will take up the easy tasks first, and hence the important ones are left out. This had a scary resonance with my own practices. Now, I started micro-managing my day, by creating a weekly agenda based on the to-do list, and adding those to my calendar each day, and reflecting at the end of the day on whether I could find time to do everything planned, and adjusting for the coming days accordingly. This has helped me finish off my tasks more efficiently- I now have a highlight for (almost) every day, and using the above tactic, I am able to find time for the highlight- I no longer get all panicked thinking I have wasted my day unintentionally.- Also I now realise that I do not have to achieve all the to-dos for the day and still be happy that I have finished the highlight, which is the most important thing I planned for that day.I am sure that as I start implementing more tactics detailed in this book, it will keep on changing my life in ways I couldn't imagine before I started reading this book.# ✍️ My Top 3 Quotes- Being more productive didn’t mean I was doing the most important work; it only meant I was reacting to other people’s priorities faster.- Part of the reason we’re all so hooked on distractions is that everybody else is, too. It’s the fear of missing out—FOMO—and we’ve all got it.- You only waste time if you’re not intentional about how you spend it.

Make Time" is a solid book with a lot of solid advice on how to navigate in hyper-connected world. Many of us questioningly accept "busyness" as a virtue and sometimes the nature of job that comes our way are BS jobs which doesn't reflect who we are and what we want. And books like these help us on design our life and prioritize the things which we value.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.OBSERVE → GUESS → EXPERIMENT → MEASUREThere were many advise which I already have it in my system and there were few which I experimented with. Overall solid book.CHOOSE YOUR HIGHLIGHT1. Write it down2. Groundhog it3. Stack rank your lifea. Make a list of big things.b. Choose the most important things.c. Choose the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th.d. Rewrite priority.e. Draw a circle on it.f. Choose this list to help you choose your highlight4. Batch the little stuff5. The might do list6. Burner ListMAKE TIME FOR YOUR HIGHLIGHT8. Schedule your highlight.9. Block your calendar.10. Bulldoze your calendar.11. Falke it till you make it.12. Just say NO.13. Design your day.14. Become a Morning person.15. Nighttime your highlight time.16. Quit when you are done.LASER TACTICS17. Try a distraction free phone.18. Log out,19. Nix Notification.20. Clear home screen.21. Wear wrist watch.22. Leave devices behind.STAY OUT OF INFINITY POOL23. Skip the morning check-in.24. block distraction kryptonite.25. Ignore the news.26. Put the timer on the internet.27. Fly wihtout wifi.28. Cancel the internet.28. Cancle the internet.30. Watchout for time craters.31. Trade fake wins for real wins.32. Turn distraction into tools.33. Become a fair weather person.SLOW YOUR INBOX34.Deal with your email at the end of the day.35. Schedule your email time.36. Empty your email box once a week.37. Pretend emails are letters.38. Slow to respond.39. Reset expectations.40. Set up send-only emails.41. Vacation off the grid.42. Lock yourself out.MAKE TV a "sometimes treat"43. Dont watch the news.44. Put the TV in the corner.45. Ditch your TV for projector.46. Go a la carte instead of all you can eat.47. If you love something, set it free.FIND THE FLOW48. Shut the door.49. Invent a deadline.50. Explode your highlight.51. Play laser soundtrack.52. Set a visible timer.53. Avoid the lure of fancy tool.54. Start on paper.STAY IN THE ZONE.55. Make a "Random Question" list.56. Notice one breath.57. Be bored.58. Be stuck.59. Take a day off.60. Go all in.ENEGERIZE61. Excercise everyday.62. Pound the pavement.63. Inconvenience yourself.64. Squeeze in a short work-out.EAT REAL FOOD65. Eat like hunter gatherer.66. Central point your plate.67. Stay hungry.68. Smack like a toddler.69. Go on the dark chocolate.OPTIMIZE YOUR CAFFINE70. Wake up before caffine.71. Caffinate before your crash.72. Take a caffine nap.73. Maintain attitude with green tea.74. Turbo your highlight.75. Lean your last call.76. Disconnect sugar.GO-OFF THE GRID77. Get woodsy.78. Trick yourself to Meditate.79. Leave your headphones at home.80. Take real breaks.MAKE IT PERSONAL81. Spentime with your tribe.82. Eat without screen.SLEEP IN A CAVE83. Make your bedroom a BEDROOM.84. Fake the sunset.85. sneeak a nap.86. Don't jet-lag yourself.87. Put on your oxygen mask yourself.

My schedule has recently felt more tiring than ever. I was recommended this book, and I started reading it. It caught my interest pretty soon. The problems mentioned in this book have happened to me quite a lot of times, and their solutions are even more amazing. I tried a lot of tactics and I'm willing to try more of them. I see myself coming back to this book several times to test out new tactics :D Great read!

The beginning of the chapter itself creates the huge impact to change the default that is enforced on us to without our conscience attention.Worthy read for those who have challenges managing work life balance and how effectively the one can shine by adjusting minor improvements.

This book is written with the sole purpose of adding life to your years. It's written so simply that anyone can understand and follow the tactics. A must read if you want to make time for what you love in your life.

This is really a good book. It is really worth investing time and money in this book. This book is also available in kindle and audible but paperback better to read in my case. If you are love to read on kindle no problem

The book talks about a simple way to improve our productivity and a lots of tactics to remove tiredness, focus on tasks and improve quality of work.I would recommend this book to everyone.

Probably it was my expectation from their Sprint book that made me give only 3 stars. There are better books for this but I love the narrative in this. There is a laundry list of tactics that you can try with your own routine and make time for what matters. It may not help everyone but definitely those who are willing to try these.

This book is **amazing**. First of all, the authors write it in a very light and entertaining way- I love the writing style. There are even cute illustrations. The other thing is that they give very good advice on how to disconnect from devices, prioritize what is most important, and make time for your life goals. For example, one of the authors wanted to sail to South America, and by making changes in his life with how he spent his time and what he focused his energy on, he was able to achieve that goal.The book never comes off as preachy. Instead, I would describe it as charming and self-deprecating. Reading their stories and insights is like having a wonderful conversation with a very good friend who wants to help you and is only looking out for your best interest.Highly recommend the book!(I would give 10 stars if I could.)

This book is packed with practical and effective suggestions. It’s easy and fun to read. Definitely on my re-read list.

Había leído que este libro es bueno y la vdd es que si, cómprenlo!

The authors make use of some simple and ordinary that can be applied in daily routines to optimize time and focus on what really matter

Making time in this unique new world of the infinity pool sources on our devices and information overload has become really tricky, and almost everyone struggles to keep focused, and make time for fun and family as well. It was nice to see tricks I had just devised myself discussed and for me, the book met me exactly where I'm at! Really recommend!