Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day

It’s like compound interest. The longer you remain focused on your Highlight, the more engaging you’ll find it and the better work (or play) you’ll do.

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

be nice but honest.

To achieve focus and make time for what matters, your brain needs energy, and that energy comes from taking care of your body.

Tech companies make money when you use their products.

how many of those conversations were meaningful?

And there’s anticipation. When you don’t start your Highlight because you’ve got a meeting coming up in thirty minutes, that’s a time crater, too.

To slow things down, try making your homescreen blank. Move all the icons to the next screen over (and from the second screen to the third and so on). Don’t leave anything behind on that first screen except a nice clean view of your beautiful background image.

each item includes a verb. Each one is specific. And each one is small and relatively easy.

Shifting family to number two didn’t mean ignoring them; it just meant being honest with myself about where I most needed to focus.