I recently read the book Make Time by Jack Knapp and John Zeratsky.
The book is about how you can reprioritize your time to accomplish more of what’s important. People spend too much of their days on what the authors call the “busy bandwagon,” spinning their wheels without having much to show for it. The book gives a bunch of techniques that it says will help you spend your time more wisely.
The main strategy is that every day you should plan out a “highlight,” which is the most important thing you want to accomplish that day, and schedule a specific time to do it. Then make sure you have no distractions during that time block.
It also argues that you really want to maintain “Laser Focus,” or stick to doing one thing at a time. Don’t pause your work to check e-mail, or Facebook, or to do some other work.… Read more