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One of my biggest fears in life is the sense that I'm not using my time in the best way that I can. There's so much I want to make time for but it just never works out -
Make Time was a game-changer for me. It gave me permission to work on my own priorities instead of reacting to everyone else's. I was a test reader for this book and had the chance to practice the techniques for the past 6 months. I have to say, I've noticed a big change in not just how I work but also what I consider important.One of my biggest fears in life is the sense that I'm not using my time in the best way that I can. There's so much I want to make time for but it just never works out - new things come up, other things take longer than expected, I'm constantly interrupted or interrupting myself. (After finishing the previous sentence, for instance, I wanted to have a "quick" Twitter check.)
Make Time was a therapeutic read in more than one way.
First, it made me reassured that I'm not the only one. If two superstar designers, who also happen to be NYT bestselling writers and ex-Googlers, have the same uphill struggle against distractions, then I'm not a complete write-off.
Second, it's hilarious. The silly sketches, opinion battles, descriptions of oh too familiar bad habits made this an entertaining read, as opposed to a dry self-help book.
And third, it's incredibly useful. It's basically a list of techniques to ring-fence your own time and stay focused. Once you've read it, a quick browse of chapter headings is enough to refresh your memory on how to stay focused.
I still occasionally procrastinate, but I'm also about 200% more efficient and 200% calmer. If you read this book, prepare to be relieved of guilt, pressure and stress.
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"Believe in your Highlight: It is worth prioritizing over random disruption."
I am actually someone who is very good at time management and I have always been asked how do you manage to do that. I was curious if there was a way to make me even better at that and that's why I decided to read this one. I can say that the book was easy to read and kind of organized but it did not add much to my knowledge.
The Book introduces the abov
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I am actually someone who is very good at time management and I have always been asked how do you manage to do that. I was curious if there was a way to make me even better at that and that's why I decided to read this one. I can say that the book was easy to read and kind of organized but it did not add much to my knowledge.
The Book introduces the above graph to make more time. Basically we have to pick a highlight and then focus on it and reflect on what we did. There are also ways to get energy throughout the day. The book has many small sub chapters explaining each of the points mentioned.
The Authors were against To-Do lists but personally these work for me. This book made me realize how boring my life is because it tries to convince the reader to stay away from things that I don't do, just like watching TV (I almost never watch TV and the authors explained that the average American spends 4 hours per day watching TV). Then there are tons of chapters on email which I checked my screen time for and it amounted to daily 3-4 mins and I think those are not significant!
There is also not using Wifi on a plane but I have never been on a plane so that's not a problem! I don't wanna sound negative because there were a few things I liked as saying no more and doing few things to energize.
Summary: I think it is a well- written book but I don't think I am the targeted reader, few of the points were irrelevant to me and few were too extreme for me such as the internet free phone! I think I took a few good things from the book which is the most important thing when it comes to non-fiction books.
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Hack Your Job: "Make Time - How to Focus on What Matters Every Day" by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky
People LOVE meetings where I work. They continuously mistake it for doing actual work, as opposed to just talking about doing work. Meetings are the biggest time bandit in my job - it's not unusual to have 5-6 a day. Planning for the meeting, attending the meeting, taking on all of the work agreed at the meeting, then catching up on all of t
If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.Hack Your Job: "Make Time - How to Focus on What Matters Every Day" by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky
People LOVE meetings where I work. They continuously mistake it for doing actual work, as opposed to just talking about doing work. Meetings are the biggest time bandit in my job - it's not unusual to have 5-6 a day. Planning for the meeting, attending the meeting, taking on all of the work agreed at the meeting, then catching up on all of the work you've missed because *drum roll* you've been in meetings.
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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?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.The point is that just because we
can eat all the time, that doesn't mean we should.
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.
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In fact, this book is almost disastrously cheerful. The bright yellow case wrap framing the open book in your hands, the cartoonish illustrations, and the chat-bubble
We read Cal Newport's Deep Work recently for book club at work, and I thought I'd supplement it with this while I was engaged in a concerted effort to be more thoughtful about the way I apply my attention, to what, and why. This is a fast read that works quite well as a peppy companion volume to Newport's more discursive approach.In fact, this book is almost disastrously cheerful. The bright yellow case wrap framing the open book in your hands, the cartoonish illustrations, and the chat-bubble soliloquies from one or other author sharing a personal spin on one of the 87 tips all contribute to one of the zippiest tones I have ever experienced in a self-help book. I particularly enjoyed the footnotes that were stuffed full of references to studies and further reading yet were written with the same incorrigible buoyancy as the rest of the book. I get the impression that the target audience is some kind of hyper adult toddler who hasn't read a book in years. But never mind that, because there's plenty of excellent, practical tips in here for everybody, and they are so actionable that I already did two of them before even finishing the book.
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:
1. Highlight: Start each day by choosing a single focal point that you'll tackle for sixty to ninety minutes at some point during the day.
2. Laser: Beat distraction to focus on your Highlight during an optimum time for you.
3. Energize: Take care of your body to recharge your brain and get the most out of your time.
4. Reflect: Notice what worked and what didn't and what you are grateful for at the end of the day, so you can adjust and improve your system every day.
I've taken the authors' advice and dog eared some pages of strategies that I want to experiment with first, and I'm also pulling some quotes they used as epigraphs into my personal list of favorites.
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I'd say roughly half of the book stems from the authors' personal experience and the other half is based on second-hand scientific truths from popular writers
This is a useful, but superficial book from the authors of Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days. The opus tries to capture all of the popular nuggets on productivity, sleep, diet, meditation, fitness and put them into one. As a result it reads like a collection of blog articles and should be taken as such.I'd say roughly half of the book stems from the authors' personal experience and the other half is based on second-hand scientific truths from popular writers like Cal Newport, Tim Ferriss, David Allen, Yuval Noah Harari et al. There probably is some solid research hidden in the 87 tactics, but you'd be hard-pressed to pin it down.
Never the less, there are some interesting ideas in this book, several of which I've taken into use. Examples would be the setting primary/secondary focuses for the day and scheduling email time.
Because I'm somewhat familiar with the topics discussed, including the works of the authors mentioned before, I ran into repetition quite a lot. If you haven't really dug into productivity and self-help before, it's a very good introduction.
Sidenote. As an unintended consequence, after seeing the randomness of the authors' methodology, I now have much less belief in the five day sprint.
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Some good tips. Some typical SV bullshit. I suspect very useful and effective though.
The book is short, funny, enjoyable. It's composition is very simple and really help
This book is exactly what I expect from Silicon Valley guys writing about focus, avoiding distraction, and effective time management. They don't dive into psychological details, brain composition, elephants, riders, etc. - instead they provide a simple mental model, full of catchy phrases and good comparisons/metaphors (e.g. infinity pool). Some may call it shallow, but ... in fact it's what works in many cases.The book is short, funny, enjoyable. It's composition is very simple and really helps with avoiding getting repetitious. In fact about 60-70% of the book is very practical: particular "techniques"/concepts you can use on the daily basis. I'm not saying they are all stellar, but at least none are ridiculous.
Time and focus mgmt is something I'm very keen on - that's why I read every promising book on the topic. TBH "Make Time" is in my Top 5 or maybe even Top 3. Good stuff - similar level of usefulness to "Atomic Habits" or Heaths' books. Recommended.
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1. They assume you're neurotypical. There isn't acknowledgment of the extra challenges some of us face.
2. They assume you have a certain kind of professional job. I mean, first they assume you HAVE an offi
1. They assume you're neurotypical. There isn't acknowledgment of the extra challenges some of us face.
2. They assume you have a certain kind of professional job. I mean, first they assume you HAVE an office type job. But also one of the suggestions is to just check your email once a day. I'm in IT support--I DO need to be constantly connected.
But here are two suggestions I've already done that have helped me a lot:
1. Take my personal email off my phone.
2. Make the first page of my phone screen blank. (They didn't specifically say this, but I also redid my dock: Calendar (so I know what day it is), texts, Pokemon Go (they might not approve of that one) and my camera.)
Both of these have helped me put down my phone a little more often. Or maybe I mean be more intentional about it because, for me, it's not so much screen time as when I get caught up spending hours and don't get anything out of it.
I also liked their attitude of instead of relying on your willpower, just make it a little harder start whatever the timesucks are for you. (Like the fact that my homescreen is blank makes me go, "oh, wait, maybe I don't need to go doomscroll right now.)
Anyway! So I got something out of it!
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The book breaks down its simple formula for Making Time: the Highlight, Lasar Focus, Energize, and Reflect. It's premise is that if you take one chunk of 60-90 minutes per day t
If you obsessively read organization and productivity books like I do, I don't think you will find anything ground-breaking or new in Make Time. But it's a good reinforcement and encouragement in good time management habits with a few interesting tips and tricks for focusing on the most important priorities in your life.The book breaks down its simple formula for Making Time: the Highlight, Lasar Focus, Energize, and Reflect. It's premise is that if you take one chunk of 60-90 minutes per day to do one or more related tasks or activities of your choice and time block ahead of time- activities that bring you a sense of joy or accomplishment- you will end each day with a sense of purpose.
The Highlight portion of the book was my favorite and the one tactic I think will make the biggest difference in the way I do my Weekly Reviews and daily planning in the next year. I'm someone who constantly puts way too many things on my daily to-do list (10-15 items every day), and winds up always needing to push off items onto future days. And then I feel like a failure, even if I did accomplish a lot of things that day. I love the idea of having an hour and a half dedicated to whatever I feel the most compelled to work on that day and knowing that even if I only accomplished that one task- it was the one thing that was most important to me for that day.
Make Time is a worthy read, and I'd highly recommend reading it!
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Obviously, you're only ever going to get as much out of a book like this as you're willing to ap
The organization of this book is super intuitive, with high-level explanations followed by specific research and suggestions. In addition to personal anecdotes and examples from the authors, as well as fun visuals and further reading for the nerds who can't get enough, there are almost 90 tactics to test for yourself — the emphasis is on figuring out what works for you, one accessible step at a time.Obviously, you're only ever going to get as much out of a book like this as you're willing to apply. But for me, this has already positively changed the way I plan and structure my day to make time for what I actually want to accomplish.
Recommended by Ali Abdaal.
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CONVERSION : 13.25 / 15 = 5 stars
Prose: 8 / 10
Intellectual Engagement: 8 / 10
Credibility: 9 / 10
Organization / Structure: 10 / 10
Emotional Impact / Interest: 4 / 5
Memorability: 5 / 5
In our immersive world, they have a deceptively simple system to make sure that you get the most
This is a breezy little book with cute illustrations that covers an important topic- how to not waste your life. There are so many more distractions now than just a generation ago. The authors call them the busy bandwagon and the infinity pools. They reflect the infinite time-wasters that occupy a majority of our lives- from spending too much time on emails and You Tube videos to watching television.In our immersive world, they have a deceptively simple system to make sure that you get the most important and easily ignored items done.
1- Find a highlight every day that you will devote yourself to, if only for a few minutes or hours.
2- Laser in on that highlight and eliminate all distractions. There are many helpful suggestions in the book on how to do exactly that.
3- Energize- Treat your body well so that you can do 1 and 2.
4- Reflect at the end of the day and see what worked with your highlight so you can select another one for the next day.
A simple, fun book with plenty of ideas for how to get things done and make time for your true priorities. (Hint- turn off ALL of your cell phone notifications and hide the phone if you have to.)
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Typically, time management books mostly comprised of tips & tricks that you read, personalized the list to fit the lifestyle that's working. The interesting of the book was that this was written by two guys from Silicon Valley, which meant they were in a heavy tech environment more than the others. For them to avoid using technology? that looked opposite! The au
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Another fun audiobook done!
Typically, time management books mostly comprised of tips & tricks that you read, personalized the list to fit the lifestyle that's working. The interesting of the book was that this was written by two guys from Silicon Valley, which meant they were in a heavy tech environment more than the others. For them to avoid using technology? that looked opposite! The authors—JZ and Jake. They took turn during narration, making me enjoy while listening because it seemed like they were talking not just a one way communication.
The tips & tricks in this book was called Tactics and they were categorized in separate sections, for instance, Laser Mode, Highlight, Nutrition.
It was normal to find a book with a list of tips e.g. minimize your smartphone usage, delete the app blah blah This book also had those tips. However, it also filled with a tidbits, for example, logout every time to you make the process more cumbersome to access the app, in which, causing you to use them less. Still, if you are less disciplined, you might not try these tactics the hard way anyway LOL(me).
Another interesting parts that I didn't prepare for were nutrition, meditation sections. Eat smart, less sugar, drink coffee but before lunch 30 minutes. If you eat after the lunch, the caffeine can't stop the food coma in time... . Nature helps, go for a walk in a park for a peace of mind(Not sure if this could apply in Thai—such bad air quality here LOL) Practicing meditation! it helps boosting your focus power and makes you be able to access the deep work state easier, causing the job to get done faster! hmmm
In the end, if you still have no idea where to start, these tactics are so overwhelming! They even provided a starter guide, also their exemplary schedule to look on. With resources to check on their website— maketimebook.com They also emphasized that some tactics might not work for you even the authors sometimes didn't find the tactics worked for both of them, thus you have to tailor the tactics by yourself and make it your own list.
In summary, Make Time is a good time management book if I have to pick one as it covered many great aspects, including mediation,nutrition, technology application minimization, task prioritization. Pretty much all you need.
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Good one! In the "self-help" category 5 starzzz!!! Not my favorite kind of literature....maybe even the opposite. But I really enjoyed reading this one. Witty, practical and very human - these would be the three words to describe it. I even adapted some of the techniques and ideas presented in this book to my everyday life and I can really see a difference.
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What I thought was great about this book versus other habit/ self development books is that the authors provided you with various techniques that work for them. Both authors are completely different e.g. one is a night owl and one is an early riser.
It was insightful for me as they both had similar jobs (although theirs were much mor Make time provides the reader with hints and tips to improve your time management and work on your goals. I thoroughly enjoyed it and managed to read it in one day.
What I thought was great about this book versus other habit/ self development books is that the authors provided you with various techniques that work for them. Both authors are completely different e.g. one is a night owl and one is an early riser.
It was insightful for me as they both had similar jobs (although theirs were much more technical) to my own. They gave me plenty of ideas to manage my calendar better and to help prioritize my 'highlight' of the day.
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this had some good ideas i wanted to try!
notes for mehself:
- make these tactics a part of your life, not just additional tasks
- choose a highlight i.e. a priority for your day (what's most important, what will make you the most satisfied or happy that will take no more than 90 minutes)
- list all possible highlights by importance and assign them to certain days
- write down down before the day starts
- make a list of things you might do besides your highlight
- schedule by time to decrease tim
this had some good ideas i wanted to try!
notes for mehself:
- make these tactics a part of your life, not just additional tasks
- choose a highlight i.e. a priority for your day (what's most important, what will make you the most satisfied or happy that will take no more than 90 minutes)
- list all possible highlights by importance and assign them to certain days
- write down down before the day starts
- make a list of things you might do besides your highlight
- schedule by time to decrease time spent deliberating what to do
- don't continue working if you're nearing your limit
- distractions make it harder for your concentration to "boot up" as it has to restart every time your attention strays
- log out of everything at night as it acts as a deterrent and turn off as many notifs as possible
- wear a wristwatch to decrease the amounts of times you look at your phone screen
- skip the morning media check in
- save news, email, or other periodicals got certain times of the day or week
- separate fake, less important "wins" from real ones—your highlight
- invent a deadline or thrust yourself into one to motivate yourself
- divide your big tasks into many smaller tasks
- have a focusing soundtrack and set a visible timer
- make a list of random questions or tasks that might distract you in the moment, and do those later
- breath! or be bored and stuck! or take a break!
- live more like a hunter-gatherer
- exercise a bit everyday—20 minutes, don't exercise tooo hard, take walks, inconvenience yourself with stairs or carrying things
- eat "real" food but not too much, and stick to plants
- put healthier food on your plate first
- get out into nature, meditate (break for your brain), and breaks don't mean social media
- for sleeping, try faking sunsets by turning off lights earlier
- experiment with tactics to see if they work
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