Make Time

Make Time

by Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky

“two powerful forces compete for every minute of your time. –

The first what we call the Busy Bandwagon. The Busy Bandwagon is our culture of constant busyness- the overflowing inboxes, stuffed calendars, and endless to-do lists.

The second force competing for your time is what we call the Infinite pools. Infinite pool are apps and other sources of endlessly replenishing content. If you can pull to refresh, it’s an Infinite Pool.”

“While the Busy Bandwagon defaults to endless tasks, the Infinite Pools default to endless distraction.“

“Change comes from resetting defaults, creating barriers, and beginning to design the way you want to spend your life.”

“The four daily steps of MAKE TIME are inspired by what we learned from designing splints at Google, from our own experiences, and from reading who have tried out the framework and shared their results.

The first step is choosing a single highlight to prioritize in your day. Next, you’ll employ specific tactics to stay laser-focused on that highlight– we’ll offer a menu of tricks to beat distraction in an always-connected world. Finally you’ll reflect on the day with a few simple notes.”

“Your Highlight might be something you don’t necessarily have to do but want to do.”

JZ (John Zeratsky) –

“It didn’t came naturally. My whole life, whenever I had to wake early– for a meeting, event, or class– I struggle to get out of bed.

Here are the tricks I’d share with any night owls who want to start waking early. “Don’t underestimate the importance of light in waking up. Humans are hardwired to wake when it’s light and get sleepy when it’s dark. But if you want to make time for your highlight before the workday, you can’t wait for the sunrise; for most of the year in much of the world, you need to wake before dawn. So when I wake up, I turn on every light in my apartment (or boat when I’m living aboard). And I try to always watch the sunrise, even if it’s an hour or two after I get up; seeing the sky go from dark to light reminds my brain that it’s time to transition from night to day.”

Quit When You’re Done

It can be hard to stop work at the end of the day, because the Busy Bandwagon encourages a “Just one more thing” mentality. One more email. One more to-do. Many people quit only when they’re too exhausted to go on, and even so, they check emails again before they go to bed.

Hey, we fall into that trap ourselves. The Busy Bandwagon does a great job of convincing us all that “just one more thing”.

When should you quit? Instead of trying to answer every email (not happening) or finishing every task , you need to create your own finish lines. Perhaps you can find perfect time of day to stop.

As quitting time approaches, think about whether you accomplished your Highlight. If you have, you can rest knowing you made time for the day’s most important job. No matter how much you did or didn’t get dome or how many hours you did or didn’t work, you’ll be able to look back on the day with a sense of joy, accomplishment, or satisfaction–or all three.

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