Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
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Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky: Summary and Lessons
People in the 21st century are perpetually busy because of 2 things: the “busy bandwagon” and “infinity pools”.
The Busy Bandwagon refers to the hectic culture of modern societies. We’re expected to respond quickly to everything, from an email to a new project. We keep trying to pack more into our schedule for fear of falling behind.
Whenever we get a breather, we’ll reach automatically for our phones and devices, only to get sucked into Infinity Pools. These refer to apps or platforms with an endless supply of interesting content, e.g. newsfeeds, social media and video games.
Caught between the Busy Bandwagon and Infinity Pool, we have no time by default. To regain control of your life, you must reset your default settings.
The authors (Jake and JZ) are product designers and self-proclaimed geeks who helped to build services like YouTube, Gmail, and Google Hangouts. Realizing how busy and distracted they were, they started to experiment with ways to make time for themselves, and to improve their focus and energy levels. Through their experiments, Jake finally found the time to start writing (something he’d wanted to do since young), while JZ finally started to live his dream of taking long sailing trips with his wife.
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The Make Time formula involves 4 daily steps: Highlight, Laser, Energize, and Reflect. These were inspired by design sprint principles (an innovation approach invented by Jake), the authors’ personal experiments and feedback from readers who tried the approach.
We’ll dive into these 4 steps with just 2-3sample tactics each below. Check out our complete 17-page Make Time summary, if you’d like to learn more details about the 4 steps along with tips for all 87 tactics.