Oliver Burkeman's perspective on time management, efficiency and happiness is probably the most fascinating I've heard. Hit like and subscribe for a new episode every Monday and Thursday, thank you all! 🙏🏽

It's nice to hear someone speak about not having a morning routine.

Just finished re-reading Oliver's book 4,000 Weeks. My highlighter genuinely ran out. It's up there, tied ironically, with Atomic Habits, as maybe the best non-fiction book I've read in my 47 years. It goes deep - it's as much about life and philosophy as it is productivity. And luckily Burkmann is an amazing writer, so brings these themes to life beautifully. Wonderful stuff.

Can lots of people please like this conversation (if they liked it) so that more people will see it? I experienced this conversation as more eye-opening than some of the ones with better known thinkers and writers (which were also great, just didn’t quite hit a nerve like this one). Loved it.

I always feel guilty watching these podcasts during my working hours, when I wfh, because I know I 'should' be working, but this is so (much more) interesting! But then I realize... although the work's gotta be done (it's a job=money for living), these podcasts bring so much more value into my life and mental health... so it's an easy choice as to what is more important to me.

Diary of a CEO is a part of my Monday 😊

Great episode! Can I please make a suggestion, when you have guests on can you provide links back to websites, organisations or books that are mentioned. Last week when you had John on I wanted to look into the charities he mentioned. Some of your guests are authors so links to the their books will be great! :)

Quotes from the podcast: "Any action that brings something to the world would involve a confrontation with your personal limitations"

Yep. You're right. Procrastinating in the title is why I'm here. Always seeking the magic answer.

Me who had to study for exam- hmm an hour long video about how to stop procrastination? Why not?

Since I found out about this podcast last month it’s been my favourite thing to listen to. Always bringing on such amazing guests. Keep up the great work!

great video Happiness isn't feeling good, it's finding something that's more important than feeling good.

Perfect timing! This episode was much needed, thank you. 🙏🏽

Great chat. Very nice guest. Oliver is a simple human simplifying life in times of spiritual materialism, performative success and social media status. I no longer feel bad for missing my morning pages 😆

I like Steven cause he seems like a good, funny and intelligent man. Nothing more nothing less

Wowser, this one I'm going to watch at least twice🤔🤗 Brilliant, thank you so much to everyone involved. Mr Burkeman, thank you so much 🤗

Loved this! This interview resonated with me personally, as I am practicing much of what has been talked about. Thought-provoking interview, as always.

@12:51 to @14:00 is powerfullllll! One of the best so far and I haven't finished

MEGA 🙌🏻 These podcast fill my life to the brim!

Fantastic. Both of you. I needed this and will be listening to this particular talk again and probably again!

I came across this video whilst stressing about my project due in Friday I felt like everything was going wrong and was spending my time stressing and overthinking about my work rather than doing it. This conversation really helped me feel like I’m not alone and that many people feel this way.

Wow love this broadcast. The factor stopping people to take ownership is often the fear that they have something to lose. Well, your ultimate destiny is the same as every other living creature. . Therefore, you may as well have some fun and challenge yourself whilst you have the power and consciousness to do so.

Thank u Steve for your honesty

Another super fantastic really helpful conversation, thank you 🙏

Definitely worth a listen to... fascinating

I completely subscribe to the relevance topic, this truth sets you free.

Loved this!! So happy to see how much you are growing recently been watching since you had 8,000 subs at the start, also your book is phenomenal 👏🏻👏🏻

Cant wait to listen to this one today!

You should get David goggins on your podcast. He is in the uk in September for the arnold sports festival. It would be great opportunity to do an amazing podcast with someone with so many stories to tell.!!

I like this guy a lot, this space is filled with so much stuff that sounds great and sounds intelligent but it’s almost confusing and impractical, more basic down to earth views are needed In this space to break up the stereotypical rubbish

Extremely interesting podcast Steven x

Loved this one

Sounds great, I'll watch it later.

I totally clicked on this one in particular because it stated ‘procrastination’ 👌🏻

Interesting topic. Will watch later

It took me a while to decide if i wanted to watch this

Great guest here, essential watch and listen for my start of the week thank you.

Hi Steve on Jake Humphries episode you spoke about it being difficult to recruit females onto the show which is such a shame as the ones you've had on.up to now have been great. My top 3 females is love to see are 1. Katie Piper- entrepreneur/author 2. Sandi Toksvig-comdedian/author/journalist 3. Stacey Dooley-journalist/presenter Males 1. Peter Crone-mind architect 2. Tom Daley-athlete 3. Stephen Fry-actor/author Cheers.

Amazing 💜

this is one for the watch later list

Steven i love your podcast, ive always wanted to ask though - why do you 'hope no one is listening'?

Random question, but what Microphone do you use for your podcasts Steven?

I’ll watch this another time

Wake up Monday. Shower. Check a UKposts upload 🤟🏿

16:38 people are telling themselves if they got here they'd be happy but 19:40 fixated on only valuing the present for what it can give you in the future

Here’s me sitting at working, watching this podcast about how to stop procrastinating instead of doing work. Oh the irony 🤣

Class 😎

The irony of finding this video while procrastinating 😏

Saved to Watch Later

What 99.9% of people need is a bridge from creating an idea to creating it in reality.

Procrastinating by watching this, instead of uni work

8.26 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌️👌🏼yes I feel this x

I know Oliver from Ali Abdaals podcast but this time again no proper intro to the guest was done. Steven. As a listener I want to know if the interviewee is an authority in the subject area and an GOOD intro does that.

Me: must start my masters assignments "Watches video instead titled procrastination"

Waiting for the Adesanya interview to get uploaded

I'll get back to watching this video later...

I will watch this video later.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Yeah it's Monday so diary of a ceo day😁

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Just one more video and I'll get back to work.

Does anyone else look at these and think great, but an hour and twenty minutes?! Maybe later.

i’ll watch this video later

When you work out how many weeks you've got left 😅😅

i’m about to sleep goodnight

You don't have to have a morning ritual to be productive.

volume different for the 2 people

🙂

What if average lifespan of humans were 100k weeks, would we still find ourselves in the same miserable scenario as in 4k weeks?

“I have to pick my balls in life.” -Steven Bartlett (2022) The 15th Ball…

22:00

I fell for the Procrastinating title

8:40

Me? 28:05

yawn, i tried to get into this otopic, but both the host and guest and boring.

Oliver Burkeman and Stephen Bartlett Diary CEO Released 14th March 2022 Watched 24th May 2022 [ square brackets] = my own thoughts Say no to all things u don’t want to do. Say yes to all things u want to do. It is harder than this. You have to say no to things u do want to do. 1. Psychotherapist James Hollis 6:50 Is what you are doing enlarging or diminishing you? There are times when life is not enjoyable, but this moment is about growth. There are times when life is too fun, but it is missing the point, there is no purpose behind this activity. One time when I had a friend going through a crisis. I am helping him out. I did the dry-cleaning for him. I know I am in the right place, remember thinking I am in the right place, I should not be anywhere else. [well said] 2. SB: I am coming to learn 9:36 we should go back to human. OB: Ask yourself what are u doing every day that your ancestors did 1000 of years ago? Such as exercise, being in the outdoors, connecting with people. OB: What we are doing with our days is manipulating symbols: images, words and ideas. [interesting] 3. OB: We want to do too much because we are avoiding feeling our finitude 14:10. Isn’t it great to believe u are limitless? I say no. The kind of limitation I am talking about is confronting it, feeling, living it is the precondition to doing the most extraordinary things with life. Because u get to give up on this impossible quest to fit yourself to every expectation. 4. OB: 15:10 Neglect things that are good to do. [Choose your sacrifices] [ The successful bargain with the future] There are 25 things u can do. 24 are good. Withstand the anxiety, get rid, and focus on the 1/25. [96% are good, but you must focus on that 1 choice = 4%] SB: I will come to an end. We don’t live with such a belief. 5. SB: efficiency trap 19:30 is u value the present only in terms of a future. Isn’t it funny. Next 14 hours- every 1 minute 21:21 is planned. But no time to eat. No time to send a voice mail to mum saying I love her. 6. SB Juggling balls world record 38:30 is 14. Too many balls to juggle at once = metaphor for life. 7. OB: Do u want to be immortal? 40:40. If u were, when asked ‘Should u do a task today?’ answer can often be well who cares, I can do it anytime. It is unpleasant to confront our finitude, but life would have less meaning if it did not stop. 8. OB: 41:20 watermelon video: attention is hijackable. No one got up that day and thought: today, I really want to spend an hour people put 600 rubber bands round a melon, to watch it explode. What u pay attention to is your life. It is the question of distraction. We are literally paying with our attention. 9. SB: I feel I have an obligation to make content for the world 49:12 is a top form of therapy for me. 10. SB: No one thinks Elon Musk is happy. He said in a Joe Rogan interview he does not want to be him. 51:00. 11. Radical Incrementalism 1:04:50 making progress little and often, not binging on progress. 12. We need to embrace our own relative irrelevance 1:08:28. What is the upside? OB: None of us matter in a cosmic time scale, or the life of a planet. Nothing done in a human life is outlived by the cosmos. Most fulfilled people are the ones u never hear from, as they are doing low profile things. The more profile a person has, the more screwed up they are. 13. Do u do enough to keep learning?