350: Productivity Principles to Make Time for What’s Important with Jake Knapp

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 26 September 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jake Knapp shares how to deliberately design your day around what’s important to you, and how to give yourself more energy in the process. You'll Learn: A fresh definition for what makes a day successful Why and how to set the highlight of your day before it starts Approaches to clear out distractions for laser focus About Jake: Jake spent 10 years at Google and Google Ventures, where he created the Design Sprint. He has since coached teams like Slack, Uber, 23andMe, LEGO, and The New York Times on the method. Previously, Jake helped build products like Gmail, Google Hangouts, and Microsoft Encarta. He is currently among the world’s tallest designers. View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep350 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.0	With your host, Pete McKitis.
0:16.0	Hello and thanks so much for joining us here
0:21.0	for episode 350 with Jake now.
0:23.3	I think you'll love this conversation with Jake in which you'll learn one a fresh
0:27.1	definition for what makes a day successful.
0:29.2	Two, why and how to set the highlight of your day before it starts and three approaches to
0:34.8	clear out distractions for laser focus. You'll find the show notes over at
0:39.0	awesome at your job.com slash Epp 350 and here's Jake's story.
0:43.0	Jake spent 10 years at Google and Google Ventures where he created the design sprint
0:47.0	and he has since coached teams like Slack, Uber, 23 and me,
0:50.0	Lego, and the New York Times on the method.
0:52.0	Previously Jake helped build products like Gmail. and the New York Times on the method.
0:53.0	Previously Jake helped build products like Gmail,
0:55.1	Google Hangouts, and Microsoft in Carter.
0:57.4	He's currently among the world's tallest designers.
1:00.2	So thanks to Jake for hanging out with us
1:01.8	and thanks to our sponsors.
1:03.0	Check him out.
1:05.0	Now, here is Jake.
1:07.0	Jake, thanks so much for joining us here on the How to Be Awesome at your Job Podcast.
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