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Feb 2019
13m 44s

Working Too Hard? Busy and important

Bbc Radio 4
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The New Statesman's Helen Lewis meets Brigid Schulte from the Better Life Lab, and author of "Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time". Brigid argues that we confuse being busy with being important, and that a lot of our so-called work time is time wasted. So what's the alternative?

Producer: Chris Ledgard

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