Make Time teaches you to identify and protect your daily highlight—the one task that will make your day feel complete. Written by a Google Design Sprint creator, it offers concrete tactics like time blocking and elimination of low-value activities. The book sidesteps productivity theater to focus on what genuinely matters to you.
What readers sayAbout Make Time.
The highlight concept changed how I work. I started protecting just one important task each day and finished projects that were stuck for months.
Finally a time management book that doesn't assume I want to optimize every minute. The tactics actually work without feeling like a second job.
Solid practical methods. Some sections felt repetitive, but the core idea of choosing your daily highlight is genuinely helpful.
I used the Laser and Energize tactics to cut my morning scrolling in half. Now I actually have energy for deep work by 9am.
Refreshingly honest about attention theft. The examples made me realize how companies deliberately designed my distraction.
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