In preparation for my interview with Oliver Burkeman, I revisited his three books: Four Thousand Weeks, HELP!, and The Antidote.
This was originally Episode #400 of the What You Will Learn podcast (published in November 2022) about the book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management For Mortals, which was in my top 3 books I read in 2022! I loved the contrarian views of time management and a new way to think about productivity (counterintuitively managing your time better by resisting the urge to manage your time). Burkeman went deep on productivity and came out the other side with some great ideas we can all apply to our own lives.
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