Oliver Burkeman: ...that I didn't have to justify my existence through productivity

Our guest on this episode, British journalist and author Oliver Burkeman says,“The average human life span is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short.” It’s about 4,000 weeks or 77 years. Oliver has written a new book called, "4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals", which Adam Grant calls, “The most important book ever written about time management.” His website is https://www.oliverburkeman.com/

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