Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day Kindle Edition

This is a very interesting do-it-yourself guide that helps you build habits that actually stick. In this book, the author delves into how small changes in the way we design our days can create more time for the people and activities that energize us. It’s not just about productivity; it's about organizing your life for the benefit of your happiness, and for me, that's a real game-changer.Although I’m not obsessed with time management, I love this book because it has significantly helped me with my everyday tasks. My work relies heavily on creativity, and at times, I struggle with focus and attention. I even thought I had attention deficit, but after discussions with my therapist, I realized that's not the case. Still, this book offered valuable insights, emphasizing that time is the most crucial element for creative work.What I found truly exceptional is how the book provides practical ways for each of us to discover new reserves of time, turning it into an excellent guidebook for anyone looking to optimize their daily life. It’s not just about squeezing more into your schedule; it's about making time for what truly matters, ultimately making you happier. I highly recommend it to anyone seeking a thoughtful and practical approach to managing their time and energy.

Useful and worth taking the time to read. There are some approaches and techniques that I am currently applying, and it’s good to know that they are applicable and make sense to others as well.

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 very helpful for busy people and anxiety. I recommend to my friends 🫶🏻 + great quality

I started this book almost six months ago, and really enjoyed the beginning. It provides some helpful productivity advice in a light and breezy writing style. There's nothing really groundbreaking here, but I still found it helpful: the key ideas are to choose one Highlight for each day, use various techniques to increase your focus (often by reducing distractions) and increase your energy, and refine your process continuously by reflecting on what works and what doesn't. Many of the techniques are tiny and straightforward but still impactful, like signing out of social media accounts so that you need to put in just a little bit more effort and thought before getting caught up in a distraction.What I didn't like was the energy section's emphasis on evolutionary psychology and living like a caveman (the caveman was called Urk, which I found irritatingly cutesy). The basic idea is that there's a "huge disconnect between our hunter-gatherer roots and our crazy modern world", and we should try to live more like a caveman because our bodies evolved for that lifestyle. This perspective requires some extreme simplifications that often seemed pretty dubious. Here's one passage:"Urk was a hunter-gatherer. He didn't eat unless he collected, caught, or killed his food. Can you imagine going out to gather berries or hunt for buffalo every morning, noon, and evening, plus any time in between when your blood sugar started to feel low?"The point is that just because we can eat all the time, that doesn't mean we should."I'm not convinced at all that someone who gathered berries in the morning couldn't keep any berries to eat throughout the day, or even the next day. And I'm really not convinced that any random thought the authors happen to conceive about caveman life is automatically correct and should be used as a guide for healthy living.Beyond the potential of being incorrect and unfounded, I think that evolutionary psychology can also be actively harmful. The authors are both former Googlers, which brings to mind that other infamous Google guy with a penchant for evolutionary psychology: James Damore, who wrote a memo about the biological differences between men and women to explain why he opposed programs intended to increase representation of women in tech. Damore argues that "differences [between men and women] aren't just socially constructed because... [t]hey're exactly what we would predict from an evolutionary psychology perspective".So, I wish Knapp and Zeratsky had focused on empirical studies about how to increase energy and focus, rather than relying on speculative theorizing about the past and its influence on the present. That weakened an otherwise good book and made me much less likely to recommend it to others. The book does contain plenty of valuable ideas, and the writing is often humorous and entertaining, but much of it has to be taken with a big grain of salt.

The advice in this book is actionable very quickly.The framework ofChoose Highlight (Pick something that YOU want to move forward)Laser Focus (Set time away and cut off distractions)Energize (Keep Your Energy Up)Reflect (How did it go? Did it work? Personal science style)Created with practical tactics for each groupingThere is a section in the book for each made this a very easy read allowing me a small amount with some success.Thanks for writing this.

(3.5 stars)Truth be told I'm already doing a lot of the techniques mentioned in this book, but if you're struggling with attention or making time for things I think this is an excellent primer. Some of the ideas are a little too involved for my taste (anything involving writing things on actual paper is anathema for me, I hate having papers sitting around taking space) but the authors fully admit you don't have to do every tactic and I think the broader structure the book preaches is worthwhile. I also appreciate that the book is almost 100% actual, actionable advice which you don't always get from so-called advice books. I've read too many that promise some amazing technique only to get bogged down in neurological studies, statistics, and anecdotes, so having a book that focuses on what you can actually do was nice. It's a short, quick read too and I liked the gentle goofy humor and illustrations.

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

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

The titles says it all.It was one of my first self-development book and I absolutely loved it.This book will make you realise that you can have control over your time and your life.Very well written, easy to read and understand. I can only recommend it.

A well written book with real simple examples and easy to do steps that are really effective in life.Hats off to the authors 👏👏

⏰ Master Your Schedule: "Make Time" dives deep into how to take control of your schedule without feeling overwhelmed. It's not about working more; it's about working smarter.💡 Practical Wisdom: Forget the generic advice. These two drop some seriously practical tips that can be applied right away. I am talking about little things that can make a big difference in our daily rollercoaster. For instance how to deal with Infinity pools (aka Instagram, Youtube etc.) and busy bandwagons (aka Slack, Mails etc.). They have over 80 very usable tricks and tips to improve how we spent our time and live our lives. The book is also very easy to read. It is more like a conversation you follow.