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Make Time
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Make Time

by Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky

OUR INSIGHT

This book is less a grand theory and more a toolkit for the everyday problem of reaching the end of a busy day and realizing you didn't do the thing you cared about. Its central practice is choosing one highlight each day — a single activity that matters enough that you'd be glad you did it — and then designing your day around making it happen. The authors argue that energy and attention, not time, are the real constraints, and that you can shape both with small, intentional choices rather than relying on willpower. The book is full of tactics you can test rather than rules you must follow, and it encourages you to keep the ones that work and drop the rest. For someone building a process, the appeal is its modesty: it doesn't ask you to transform your life, only to get a little more intentional about how each day is spent. The compound effect of many slightly better days turns out to be a noticeably better life.

5 IDEAS TO TAKE WITH YOU

5 Ideas to Take With You

  1. 01

    Choose a highlight

    Pick one thing each day that matters enough to be worth doing. A day with a highlight feels different from one spent reacting.

  2. 02

    Design for energy, not just time

    Time isn't the only limit. How alert and engaged you are shapes what that time is actually worth.

  3. 03

    Make distraction harder

    Small frictions — a phone in another room, a blocked site — do more than willpower. Shape the environment.

  4. 04

    Test tactics, keep what works

    There's no single system. Try small experiments and keep the ones that fit your real life.

  5. 05

    Be intentional, not perfect

    You don't need a flawless routine. You need slightly more choice about how today is spent.

MAKE IT PERSONAL

Make It Personal

The lesson becomes more powerful when you connect it to your own life.

At the end of a typical day, did you do the thing that mattered most — or did the day happen to you?

What's one daily pattern that drains your energy or attention before you reach the work you care about?

What is the one highlight you'd be glad you did today, and what could you do to make it actually happen?

START TODAY

Choose one highlight for today and write it down. Then make one small change to your environment so it's more likely to happen.

CONTINUE YOUR PROCESS

Continue Your Process

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