#289 — Time Management for Mortals

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Only the first 38 minutes of this episode are available on the paywalled podcast version (the BLACK podcast logo). If you’d like to hear the full 1 hour and 28 minutes of this episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the podcast, you’ll need to SUBSCRIBE <a href= "https://www.samharris.org/subscribe">here</a>. If you’re already subscribed and on the private RSS feed, the podcast logo should appear RED.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Harris presents an unconventional perspective on time management from Oliver Burkeman. Rather than focusing on rote efficiency or productivity, Burkeman calls on us to embrace our finitude and surrender to the rhythms of life, so that we may “end our struggle with time”—and live with “more accomplishment, more success, and more time spent on what matters most.”</span></p> <p><strong>Oliver Burkeman</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is the author of the New York Times bestseller</span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/3ckhCW9"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, about embracing limitation and finally getting round to what counts, along with</span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/3ocDWUo"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Help-Slightly-Happier-Successful-Burkeman/dp/0857860259/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1658172682&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Help!: How to Be Slightly Happier, Slightly More Successful and Get a Bit More Done</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. For many years he wrote a popular column on psychology for</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Guardian</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This Column Will Change Your Life</sp