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Make Time
- Pick one highlight to focus on each day.
- Build barriers against the busy bandwagon and infinity pools like feeds.
- Make your phone less tempting.
- Energize with movement, real food and sleep.
- Reflect daily and adjust.
Actionable
- Write tomorrow's highlight tonight.
- Remove one feed app from your phone.
- Try a tactic for a week, then keep or drop it.
What readers say
- Readers like the pick-and-choose format.
- Some find many tactics obvious.
Quick answer
Our summary of Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, in our own words.
What 125x is: 125x is a web app at 125x.app. You connect your YouTube subscriptions, and it gives you a feed of the latest videos from the channels you follow, each with a summary: a verdict, the 5 key takeaways, and the spoiler, plus Actionable and Lessons tabs with more tips. You read that and decide what's actually worth opening.
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Busy people who want a daily focus routine without a rigid system.
About this summary
This summary follows the same shape as a 125x summary: a verdict, 5 takeaways, and an Actionable section. 125x is a web app that does this for the latest videos from the YouTube channels you follow, with a verdict, 5 takeaways, the spoiler, and Actionable and Lessons tabs. More in book summaries.
FAQ: questions people ask
What is Make Time about?
Pick one highlight to focus on each day. Build barriers against the busy bandwagon and infinity pools like feeds.
Is Make Time worth reading?
Our verdict is some value given. A menu of 87 tactics. Pick a few and ignore the rest.
Who should read Make Time?
Busy people who want a daily focus routine without a rigid system.
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