No one has looked at a blank calendar and thought, "The easiest way to spend this time is to get it packed with meetings! Nobody went to work, saying, I'm going to waste hours on Facebook today! In a world where knowledge is constantly refreshed and the every day feels like a constant shower of attention requests, being distracted has become our default status. Yet what if this relentless busyness fatigue was not mandatory? Would'n it be great if you could take back control of your time and energy? As…
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No one has looked at a blank calendar and thought, “The easiest way to spend this time is to get it packed with meetings! Nobody went to work, saying, I’m going to waste hours on Facebook today! In a world where knowledge is constantly refreshed and the every day feels like a constant shower of attention requests, being distracted has become our default status. Yet what if this relentless busyness fatigue was not mandatory? Would’n it be great if you could take back control of your time and energy? As founders of Google Ventures design sprints, Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams tackle big challenges by transforming how they work. Building on the popularity of these sprints and their expertise of creating omnipresent software items from Gmail to YouTube, they have spent years playing with their own patterns and behaviors, finding ways to help users maximize their strength, concentration, and time. So we put the most powerful strategies into a four-step routine structure that could be used by all to plan their days efficiently. Make Time provides a customized list of tips and tactics that can be personalized to particular routines and lifestyles. Make Time is not about dramatically revising your lifestyle; it is about making incremental adjustments to your working environment to liberate yourself from relentless annoyance and distraction. A must-read to anyone who ever wondered, if there were just more hours in the day. Make Time makes you avoid responding unconsciously to the external demands and finding time for things that matter.
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No one has looked at a blank calendar and thought, “The easiest way to spend this time is to get it packed with meetings! Nobody went to work, saying, I’m going to waste hours on Facebook today! In a world where knowledge is constantly refreshed and the every day feels like a constant shower of attention requests, being distracted has become our default status. Yet what if this relentless busyness fatigue was not mandatory? Would’n it be great if you could take back control of your time and energy? As founders of Google Ventures design sprints, Jake and John have helped hundreds of teams tackle big challenges by transforming how they work. Building on the popularity of these sprints and their expertise of creating omnipresent software items from Gmail to YouTube, they have spent years playing with their own patterns and behaviors, finding ways to help users maximize their strength, concentration, and time. So we put the most powerful strategies into a four-step routine structure that could be used by all to plan their days efficiently. Make Time provides a customized list of tips and tactics that can be personalized to particular routines and lifestyles. Make Time is not about dramatically revising your lifestyle; it is about making incremental adjustments to your working environment to liberate yourself from relentless annoyance and distraction. A must-read to anyone who ever wondered, if there were just more hours in the day. Make Time makes you avoid responding unconsciously to the external demands and finding time for things that matter.
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