A review by adverb
Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky

inspiring

3.5

I wanted to like this book more. The beginning started off really strong, and I liked the idea of a highlight at the start of your day. But then I think the book just fell into "bite-sized tips" and was more quantity than quality. Also, some of the suggestions just seemed very out of touch. For instance, one of them said "try walking to work to get some exercise". The authors, who lived in SFO at the time, forgot the majority of their audience lives in suburbia or rural areas, where work is 10+ miles away.

If you don't read self-help books, I think you will enjoy this more. If you do read them a bit, I don't think you're gonna find anything new. The first 25% of this book is solid, but I don't know much you will get from the "tips". For the authors who spent time in the trenches creating these apps, I was hoping for a more nuanced discussion on how to manage your screentime beyond just "Delete the apps from your phone".