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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

Make Time

Jake Knapp · 2018
80/100
👍 Worth It

Knapp and Zeratsky come at productivity from a genuinely different angle — not how to do more, but how to do what actually matters — and the eighty-plus bite-sized tactics make this immediately useful rather than theoretically interesting. The tech-industry anti-distraction credibility feels earned rather than borrowed, and Dan Heath's endorsement reflects genuine peer respect in this space. Seasoned productivity readers may not find a lot that surprises them, but the framing is fresh enough to be worth the read.

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