Hey friends, in this weeks episode of Deep Dive I chat to author and journalist Oliver Burkeman. For many years Oliver wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, happiness and productivity for The Guardian called 'This Column Will Change Your Life' and has also written a handful of books including 'Four Thousand Weeks: Time And How To Use It' which looks at how our obsessiveness with being busy and trying to master our time can actually make us more unhappy, avoid important decisions about our future and make us less in control of our lives.
In the conversation we discuss what most productivity gurus get wrong about productivity, how you will never get everything done and why you should start embracing the fact of human finitude.
Season 2 Episode 2
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00:00 Intro
02:03 Being A Productivity Guru
05:30 We Have 4,000 Weeks To Live
10:34 The Truth About Productivity And Time
46:00 How To Think About Goal Setting
01:00:11 Stepping Into The Reality Of Your Life
01:10:10 Ten Tools For Embracing Your Finitude
01:23:58 Social Media Q&A
01:53:36 Quick-Fire Questions
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📕 Book - 4000 Weeks Time And How To Use It - geni.us/076mG
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📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED
Oliver’s Guardian Column ‘This Column Will Change Your Life’ - bit.ly/3GPH28B
Happy by Derren Brown - geni.us/bWpd9lk
A Book Of Secrets by Derren Brown - geni.us/reABIgA
Getting Things Done by David Allen - geni.us/UVgx
Raptitude by David Cain - www.raptitude.com/
The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman - geni.us/cYJIs0
Traction by Gino Wickman - geni.us/BCc4K
How Writers Journey To Comfort And Fluency by Robert Boice - geni.us/3Krbswx
The Evolution Of Desire by David M Buss - geni.us/KCA6sh4
Effortless by Greg Mckewon - geni.us/PD9p7dm
Notion - go.aliabdaal.com/notion
Satre's Concept Of Bad Faith - bit.ly/3qMb1bH
Tim Ferriss' Fear Setting Exercise - bit.ly/3nLd12c
Giving What We Can - www.givingwhatwecan.org/
12 Rules For Life - The Antidote To Chaos by Jordan Peterson - geni.us/ogBn79
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