Make Time
How to focus on what matters every day
1st Edition
Published on 27. September 2018
304 pages
978-1-4735-5291-3 (ISBN)
Description
'If you want to achieve more (without going nuts), read this book.' - Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better
'Make Time is essential reading for anyone who wants to create a happier, more successful life.' - Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project
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Most of our time is spent by default. We all wish for more hours in the day. We all struggle to make time for what matters. Help is here.
Productivity experts Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky have created a four-step framework that anyone can use, packed with more than 80 tactics to help you design your day around the things that matter. Tactics such as:
? Choose a daily highlight
? Be the boss of your phone
? Stay out of social media infinity pools
? Slow your inbox
? Make TV a 'sometimes treat'
? Exercise every day (but don't be a hero)
? Eat without screens
? Go off grid
? Spend time with your tribe
? Make your bedroom a bed room
With tips and tricks to help you change your life, it's time to stop daydreaming about projects and activities that you'll get to 'someday', and start that someday today.
'Make Time is essential reading for anyone who wants to create a happier, more successful life.' - Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project
__________
Most of our time is spent by default. We all wish for more hours in the day. We all struggle to make time for what matters. Help is here.
Productivity experts Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky have created a four-step framework that anyone can use, packed with more than 80 tactics to help you design your day around the things that matter. Tactics such as:
? Choose a daily highlight
? Be the boss of your phone
? Stay out of social media infinity pools
? Slow your inbox
? Make TV a 'sometimes treat'
? Exercise every day (but don't be a hero)
? Eat without screens
? Go off grid
? Spend time with your tribe
? Make your bedroom a bed room
With tips and tricks to help you change your life, it's time to stop daydreaming about projects and activities that you'll get to 'someday', and start that someday today.
Reviews / Votes
As someone obsessed with time and how to spend it wisely, I loved this fun and useful book. Not your normal productivity fare. * Ev Williams, founder of Medium and Twitter * Make Time is a charming manifesto - as well as an intrepid do-it-yourself guide to building smart habits that stick. If you want to achieve more (without going nuts), read this book. * </i>Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of<i> The Power of Habit</i> and<i> Smarter Faster Better * Too often, we get bogged down in the demands of each day and struggle to find time for what really matters. In this powerful book, Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky explain how small changes in the design of our days can give us more time for the people and activities that energize and fulfil us. Make Time is essential reading for anyone who wants to create a happier, more successful life. * </i>Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of <i>The Happiness Project</i> and<i>The Four Tendencies * I defy you to read this book and not come away with ideas that make you happier and/or more effective in accomplishing what you want in life. It's smart, entertaining and packed with field-tested insights. * </i>Dan Heath, bestselling co-author of <i>The Power of Moments</i> and <i> Switch * Time is the single biggest ingredient for creative work. Time to focus, time to experiment, time to master creative skills. Make Time provides ways for each of us to find new reserves of that precious commodity. It is an excellent guidebook for taking control of the design of your life. * </i>Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO and author of <i>Change by Design * Make Time is practical and engaging, offering tips on everything from designing your day to the benefits of cutting out cable news and eschewing plane Wi-Fi in favour of time away from work.' * Harvard Business Review * A unique and engaging read about a proven habit framework [that] readers can apply to each day. * Insider, Best Books to Form New Habits *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
7,75 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4735-5291-3 (9781473552913)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
09/2018
Bantam Press
€24.00
Available immediately
Persons
Jake Knapp (Author)
Jake Knapp is cofounder and general partner at Character Capital and a New York Times bestselling author. Previously, he helped build Gmail and Microsoft Encarta, cofounded Google Meet, and was a partner at Google Ventures. He lives on Orcas Island in Washington state.
John Zeratsky (Author)
John Zeratsky is cofounder and general partner at Character Capital and a New York Times bestselling author. Previously, JZ was a design leader for YouTube, Google Ads, and FeedBurner, a startup which was acquired by Google in 2007, and was a partner at Google Ventures. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Together, Jake and JZ are the authors of Sprint, Make Time and Click, and the creators of the Foundation Sprint and the Design Sprint. They have helped more than 300 teams design new products and bring them to market, including those at Google, Microsoft, YouTube, Slack, Uber, and One Medical Group. Their methods for innovation and rapid collaboration have been adopted by Airbnb, Amazon, LEGO, MIT, Mercedes-Benz, Harvard Business School, the University of Oxford, and many other organizations.
Jake Knapp is cofounder and general partner at Character Capital and a New York Times bestselling author. Previously, he helped build Gmail and Microsoft Encarta, cofounded Google Meet, and was a partner at Google Ventures. He lives on Orcas Island in Washington state.
John Zeratsky (Author)
John Zeratsky is cofounder and general partner at Character Capital and a New York Times bestselling author. Previously, JZ was a design leader for YouTube, Google Ads, and FeedBurner, a startup which was acquired by Google in 2007, and was a partner at Google Ventures. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Together, Jake and JZ are the authors of Sprint, Make Time and Click, and the creators of the Foundation Sprint and the Design Sprint. They have helped more than 300 teams design new products and bring them to market, including those at Google, Microsoft, YouTube, Slack, Uber, and One Medical Group. Their methods for innovation and rapid collaboration have been adopted by Airbnb, Amazon, LEGO, MIT, Mercedes-Benz, Harvard Business School, the University of Oxford, and many other organizations.
