Time Management for Mortals
Welcome to the first episode of a “Best of Series” on In Search of Wisdom. Over the next few weeks — I’ll be rebroadcasting a few of my favorite episodes! In this episode, my guest is Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. Oliver is a British writer, journalist, and longtime writer for the Guardian.
“The real problem isn’t our limited time. The real problem—or so I hope to convince you—is that we’ve unwittingly inherited, and feel pressured to live by, a troublesome set of ideas about how to use our limited time, all of which are pretty much guaranteed to make things worse.”
— Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks
In the conversation, Oliver and I discuss:
The productivity trap
Why it’s difficult to find time for the meaningful tasks in our life
The importance of patience
Contemplating our cosmic insignificance
Why accepting our mortality can lead to making wiser decisions
Living in uncertainty and much more.
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Thank you for listening; I hope you found something useful.
Until next time, be wise and be well,
J.W.
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