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Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day QUOTES

1 " To-do lists just perpetuate the feeling of "unfinishedness" that dogs modern life. "

― Jake Knapp;John Zeratsky, , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

2 " Every time you check your email or another message service, you’re basically saying, “Does any random person need my time right now? "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

3 " Believe in your Highlight: It is worth prioritizing over random disruption. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

4 " Every mistake [is] just a data point. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

5 " Perfection is a distraction—another shiny object taking your attention away from your real priorities. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

6 " something magic happens when you start the day with one high-priority goal. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

7 " When distraction is hard to access, you don’t have to worry about willpower. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

8 " Every distraction imposes a cost on the depth of your focus. When your brain changes contexts—say, going from painting a picture to answering a text and then back to painting again—there’s a switching cost. Your brain has to load a different set of rules and information into working memory. This “boot up” costs at least a few minutes, and for complex tasks, it can take even longer. The two of us have found it can take a couple of hours of uninterrupted writing before we’re doing our best work; sometimes it even requires several consecutive days before we’re in the zone. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

9 " You only waste time if you’re not intentional about how you spend it. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

10 " We’re the descendants of those ancient humans, but our species hasn’t evolved nearly as fast as the world around us has. That means we’re still wired for a lifestyle of constant movement, varied but relatively sparse diets, ample quiet, plenty of face-to-face time, and restful sleep that’s aligned with the rhythm of the day. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

11 " Combine the four-plus hours the average person spends on their smartphone with the four-plus hours the average person spends watching television, and distraction is a full-time job. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

12 " Shifting your focus to something that your mind perceives as a doable, completable task will create a real increase in positive energy, direction, and motivation. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

13 " You know the antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest ….
The antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness. —BROTHER DAVID STEINDL-RAST "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

14 " And if you respond right away, you’re sending another signal both to them and to yourself: “I’ll stop what I’m doing to put other people’s priorities ahead of mine no matter who they are or what they want. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

15 " Make Time is a framework for choosing what you want to focus on, building the energy to do it, and breaking the default cycle so that you can start being more intentional about the way you live your life. Even if you don’t completely control your own schedule—and few of us do—you absolutely can control your attention. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

16 " Although some of our tactics turned into habits, others sputtered and failed. But taking stock of our results each day helped us understand why we tripped up. And this experimental approach also allowed us to be kinder to ourselves when we made mistakes—after all, every mistake was just a data point, and we could always try again tomorrow. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

17 " That is, one new tactic to help you make time for your Highlight, one that keeps you laser-focused by changing how you react to distractions, and one for building energy—three tactics total. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

18 " When you don’t take care of your body, your brain can’t do its job. If you’ve ever felt sluggish and uninspired after a big lunch or invigorated and clearheaded after exercising, you know what we mean. If you want energy for your brain, you need to take care of your body. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

19 " it’s helpful to remember that Homo sapiens evolved to be hunter-gatherers, not screen tappers and pencil pushers. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

20 " If you change your priorities, people will notice. Your actions show others what’s important to you. When your friends, your coworkers, and your kids and family see you being intentional with your time, you’ll give them permission to question their own “always on” default and step away from their own Infinity Pools. "

― , Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day