# Make Time

**Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky** · 2018

_Topics: Focus, Daily planning, Energy_

**Who it's for:** Anyone who wants small, low-guilt tweaks rather than a whole new system.

Two former Google designers offer a lightweight, no-guilt system built around a daily loop: Highlight (choose one thing to protect time for), Laser (beat distraction to focus on it), Energize (use your body to fuel your brain), and Reflect (adjust tomorrow).

Rather than a rigid regimen, it's a menu of small tactics you experiment with — the goal is to redesign your defaults so attention isn't stolen by busyness and screens.

## Key takeaways

- Choose one daily Highlight worth protecting time for.
- Design your defaults so distraction is the exception, not the norm.
- Energy management is as important as time management.
- Treat productivity tactics as experiments, keeping what works for you.

## Related reading

- https://structureyour.life/books/four-thousand-weeks.md
- https://structureyour.life/books/indistractable.md
- https://structureyour.life/books/deep-work.md

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