Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

Continuing our trip through Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky’s brilliant brains and equally brilliant book Make Time, Today we’re going to have fun with a little history lesson combined with a super-simple way to start chipping away at all those twitchy smartphone touches.   (I still can’t believe the average person touches their phones 2,617 times per day!!!)   Jake and JZ give us a ton of great tactics to rock their four-step process. (Recall: Highlight + Laser + Energize + Reflect! btw: You know YOUR Highlight for Today?)   In fact, they  share 87 tips and tricks to Optimize!   In the “Laser” section, after teaching us how to create a “distraction-free phone” (hint: clear your home screen, remove email apps, social media and unnecessary notifications) they encourage us to consider getting a simple watch—you know, those things that just tell time.    Here’s the little history lesson.   They tell us: “In 1714, the British government offered a £20,000 prize (that’s $5 million in 2018 mon