Oliver Burkeman (Replay): Productivity Is A Trap| Listen on Anghami

May 2024

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Announcing a new two book special by me, Emma Gannon, including a free virtual workshop and special intro from Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way. **Books are only on sale until midnight on June 4th**Get yours here: poundproject.co.uk/shop/a-year-of-nothingIt's been a year ... Show More

3m 19s

Jun 2023

The Success Myth Diaries #5: Tim Clare on Anxiety

Welcome back to The Success Myth Diaries. Today's guest is Tim Clare, performance poet, author of two fantasy novels and nonfiction books including WE CAN'T ALL BE ASTRONAUTS, which won Best Biography/Memoir at the East Anglian Book Awards. His latest book COWARD a brilliant book ... Show More

36m 58s

Jun 2023

The Success Myth Diaries #4: Fiona Arrigo on Spirituality

Welcome back to The Success Myth Diaries! My guest today is the wonderful Fiona Arrigo who is beloved for her ever-evolving wisdom and heart-based living for the changing times: a visionary in her field, she works globally as a Biodynamic Psychotherapist, Intuitive Healer, Mentor ... Show More

35m 54s

Jan 2022

Oliver Burkeman || Time Management for Mortals

In this episode, I talk to bestselling author Oliver Burkeman about his latest book Four Thousand Weeks. On the surface, it’s easy to mistake it for another self-help book on time management. But instead of enthusing about productivity hacks, Oliver challenges his readers to conf ... Show More

1h 2m

May 2022

Time Management for Mortals | Oliver Burkeman

In a culture that values persistent productivity, one can be left feeling chronically behind. In this episode, author and recovering time management junkie, Oliver Burkeman encourages us to stop scrambling to fit it all in by exploring the relationship b ... Show More

1h 9m

Mar 2019

Oliver Burkeman on Modern Time Management

Oliver Burkeman is an award-winning writer for The Guardian and his book, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking explores the upsides of failure, difficulty, and imperfection – which we discussed in our first interview with Oliver several hundred epi ... Show More

48m 46s

Sep 2024

The Benefits of Embracing Our Limitations, with Oliver Burkeman

The podcast welcomes back Oliver Burkeman for this episode. The writer whose popular column for The Guardian ‘This Column Will Change Your Life’ made him into one of the most astute interrogators of the wellness and self-help fields, returns with a new book, Meditations for Morta ... Show More

44m 29s

Sep 2024

Meditations for Mortals with Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman worked for many years at The Guardian, where he wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, “This Column Will Change Your Life.” His books include the New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals and The Antidote: Happiness for Peopl ... Show More

45m 57s

Dec 2023

How to Stop Wasting Your Life (ft. Oliver Burkeman)

Do you worry that you might be wasting your life? That you’re doing things that don’t feel important? Are you constantly anxious about your to-do list? Is your mind blown that it’s 2024 already?!? This week, I’ve enlisted the help of my friend Oliver Burkeman, author of the best ... Show More

43m 21s

Jan 2022

How to Escape the Productivity Trap

We’re joined by writer and author Oliver Burkeman to talk about the productivity-trap; the narrative that keeps our sense of self-worth and value tied to how much we get done and achieve. In his new book, Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver argues that this only results in disappointment ... Show More

52m 27s

Oct 2024

IN-DEPTH:The Productivity Trap (w/ Oliver Burkeman)

In this episode of IN-DEPTH, a semi-regular interview series with people at the frontiers of deep living, Cal welcomes the bestselling author Oliver Burkeman to the Deep Work HQ to talk about his new book, MEDITATIONS FOR MORTALS, and more generally the tension between wanting to ... Show More

1h 17m

Dec 2021

Oliver Burkeman on Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman is a British journalist and writer based in New York. He is well known not only for his amazing books, but he also wrote a popular weekly column on psychology called “This Column will Change Your Life” which was printed weekly between 2006 and 2020. Oliver joins ... Show More

55m 25s

Nov 2021

Writer Oliver Burkeman on the Dangers of Obsessive Time Management

This week, host June Thomas talks to Oliver Burkeman, author of the book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. In the interview, Oliver shares his philosophy of time management, which hinges on the finite nature of life. He also discusses his previous experience as a ... Show More

47m 59s

Oliver Burkeman (Replay): Productivity I...