100 Days to Offload: Day 7
Make Time
I'm a big fan of the book Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky. I feel like it's the one book on productivity that didn't try to make me “more productive”, but to actually help me focus on what I enjoy.
One of the ways it does this, is to have you choose a highlight for the day. It should be a task of around 45 to 90 minutes that you're really excited about, and you then block out the time on your calendar to do that task.
This morning I chose a highlight, put my phone on “do not disturb”, closed all my open browser windows and apps, and just focused on the task at hand. After 90 minutes, something that I haven't been able to get working for ages, was finally working!
I actually just started doing their Highlight course, which has a $50 COVID discount at the moment. (No, I'm not making any money from this, I just really think the ideas in the book works.)
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