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“If you want to achieve more (without going nuts), read this book.”

Charles Duhigg

author of The Power of Habit

“As someone obsessed with time and how to spend it wisely, I loved this fun and useful book. Not your normal productivity fare.”

Ev Williams

founder of Twitter

A Friendly Framework for Focus & Energy

Make Time is not about crushing your to-do list, optimizing every hour, or maximizing personal productivity. It’s about rethinking the defaults of constant busyness and distraction so you can focus on what matters every day.

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If You Feel Constantly Stressed & Distracted, It’s Not Your Fault

In the twenty-first century, two very powerful forces compete for every minute of your time: we call them the Busy Bandwagon and Infinity Pools.

Busy Bandwagon

The Busy Bandwagon is our culture of constant busyness—the overflowing inboxes, stuffed calendars, and endless to-do lists.

Infinity Pools

Infinity Pools are apps and other sources of endlessly replenishing content. This always-available, always-new entertainment is your reward for the exhaustion of constant busyness.

blue exclamation Both forces are powerful because they not only compete for our attention, they’ve become the default for how we spend our time.

Most of Our Time is Spent by Default

Just like our phones come with “default” settings, there are also defaults in our workplaces and culture that make being busy and distracted the norm. These “defaults” are everywhere so most of us just accept them without even thinking about it.

Nobody wakes up and says, “I want to spend 4 hours today scrolling through my phone” but because of the default settings, this is what the average smartphone user does. But what if you could override these defaults and create your own?

That’s where Make Time comes in.

A Simple Framework For More Focused & Meaningful Days

Make Time is not about crushing your to-do list, optimizing every hour, or maximizing personal productivity. It’s not macho, hardcore, or a “one-size-fits-all” plan. We’ve tried plenty of those, and while we did get more done, we didn’t like how it made us feel. Make Time is about rethinking the defaults of constant busyness and distraction so you can focus on what matters every day.

Here’s how it works:

Highlight: Start each day by choosing a priority

This simple step ensures you spend time on what matters most to you and don’t spend the entire day reacting to other people’s priorities.

Laser: Beat distraction to make time

Distractions like email, social media, and breaking news are everywhere. We’ll show you how to adjust your devices and apps so you can find Laser mode.

Energize: Use the body to recharge the brain

Today’s typical lifestyle ignores our evolutionary history; we’ll show you how to reset the defaults so you can power up.

Reflect: Adjust and improve your system

At the end of each day, you’ll note which tactics worked, which didn’t, and what you’ll try tomorrow (refine, add, or drop).

Start Making Time For What Matters To You

30,000+ humans are using Make Time to help them focus on the things that matter most to them, including:

Family time

Hobbies + passions

Relaxation + wellness

Personal development

Friendships & networking

Business & work-related goals

What will you Make Time for?

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Reader Testimonials

“This book is written with the sole purpose of adding life to your years. It’s written so simply that anyone can understand and follow the tactics. A must read if you want to make time for what you love in your life.”

Harry

London

“This is possibly the most practical, easy to follow productivity book I’ve read. I just finished the book after 3 days, and my life already feels like it’s headed in a better direction. If you are looking for a book that will give you quick suggestions to improve your life and help you make better use of your time, this is it!

Gina

Milan

“A very easy to read, fun and down to earth book with a formula and techniques to find the time to focus on what is important for you. Most (if not all) the techniques are well-known, but framed in a somewhat more structured way that makes them easier to remember. Highly recommended if you struggle with days full of activities that leave you exhausted and without time for your important things.“

Diana

San Francisco

“I’ve been a scattered person most of my life. This book has helped me thoughtfully select and focus on tasks – not just check off a never-ending to do list that leaves me feeling empty.”

Erin

Cape Town

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How Make Time is Different From Typical Time Management & Productivity Systems

Not just about productivity

Rather than optimizing every minute of your life, you’ll learn how to make time for the things you actually care about.

Practical & easy to follow

No abstract theory or complicated systems. Just 87+ simple, bite-sized tactics you can start using today.

Made for imperfect humans

Make Time is designed for “human” you, not “superhuman” you. There’s no “perfect” way to use it and if you fall off, there’s no judgment or guilt.

Customize to fit your needs

It’s not a one-size-fits-all formula, but a customizable menu of bite-size tips & strategies that can be tailored to your habits & lifestyles.

Fun & enjoyable

Make Time is filled with personal stories, opinion battles, confessions of bad habits & silly sketches that keeps things light & relatable.

Applicable to life and work

Body & brain. Work & personal life. Make Time helps you feel focused and energized at work, on the weekends, and in between.

And the best part?

Make Time doesn’t require any of this:

Being perfect

Waking up at 5 A.M.

Having superhuman discipline, willpower, or focus

Following or maintaining a complex system

Feeling like a failure when things don’t go as to planned

Judgment or guilt

From Busy, Distracted & Burned Out To Focused, Present & Fulfilled

Before Make Time

Losing days reacting to other people’s priorities

Constant busyness & distractions that make you feel out of control

Feeling stressed from our always-connected culture

Mindlessly following defaults that don’t align with your goals

Feeling guilty, regretful & frustrated over how you spend your time

Burn out that leaves you feeling exhausted at work & at home

After Make Time

Clear focus on your most important daily tasks

Focused attention & meaningful productivity

Better work/life balance with healthy boundaries

Days driven by purpose & intention

Fulfillment & joy every single day

Mental & physical energy that fuels your work & personal time

Hi, we’re Jake & JZ, Creators of Make Time

Hi, we’re Jake and JZ. Most time-management advice is written by or about superhumans. But we’re normal, fallible human beings who get stressed out and distracted just like everyone else.

After working in the tech industry for a long time, we felt burned out by the always-connected culture and back-to-back meeting schedule that left little time for our priorities.

So we decided to do something about it.

We took what we learned from designing apps like Gmail and YouTube, and came up with simple ways to fight distraction and take back control.

We experimented, failed, and succeeded, and, over time, learned that it’s possible to redesign your time—to get more focus, greater attention, and better energy for the things that matter to you every day.

In the book, we share everything we learned, along with many tales of our human errors and dorky solutions in the hopes that they inspire you to start your own Make Time journey.