Make Time

All of a sudden I’d realize I was working toward a goal that no longer mattered to me. And living a “someday” life was demoralizing. In the words of author James Clear, I was essentially saying, “I’m not good enough yet, but I will be when I reach my goal.”

Don’t wait for “someday” to make time for what makes you come alive. Start today.

Regardless of whether your goal is to find more balance in life, grow in your current career, or even pivot to a new one, we predict that Make Time will create more time and attention for the things you’re passionate about.

When you create a practice of setting your own most important priority, daily life changes.

But it is also possible that those side projects might gradually take on a life of their own. A new and unexpected path may emerge. And you may find yourself ready to follow that path and see where it goes.

Like Jake, I began using the tactics in this book to be more efficient at work, but as time went by, I realized I didn’t want to use my increased energy and focus to climb the corporate ladder. Instead, a new priority emerged: sailing. The more time I invested in sailing, the more satisfaction I got back.

Do not ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

The goal is to make time for what matters, find more balance, and enjoy today a little more.

The Highlight hypothesis
If you set a single intention at the start of each day, we predict you’ll be more satisfied, joyful, and effective.
The Laser hypothesis
If you create barriers around the Busy Bandwagon and the Infinity Pools, we predict you’ll focus your attention like a laser beam.
The Energize hypothesis
If you live a little more like a prehistoric human, we predict you’ll enhance your mental and physical energy.

OBSERVE what’s going on.
GUESS why things are happening the way they are.
EXPERIMENT to test your hypothesis.
MEASURE the results and decide whether you were right.