Get your priorities straight with Oliver Burkeman
Get your priorities straight with Oliver Burkeman

Get your priorities straight with Oliver Burkeman

Jamie Lim

38 min
Business & Finance
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<p>Hear me out - what if you stopped trying so hard to be productive? Most of us only get a total of four thousand weeks on this earth. Do you really want to spend them answering emails?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oliver Burkeman is a “recovering productivity geek” and he wants you to make peace with the reality that you'll never get <em>everything</em> done. He says once you’ve accepted that hard truth, you’ll finally be free to focus on what’s truly important.</p><p><br></p><p>Oliver Burkeman is a journalist and the author of <em>The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking </em>and the forthcoming <em>Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals.&nbsp;</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He shares why it’s valuable to recognise and wrestle with your limitations head-on, why it’s worth keeping a “Done List,” and gives you permission to decline to clear the decks.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Connect with Oliver on <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverburkeman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or via his <a href="https://www.oliverburkeman.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Get a copy of <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Four-Thousand-Weeks-Time-How/dp/1847924026/ref=asc_df_1847924026/?tag=googleshopdsk-22&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=463544240766&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=7952971203016733413&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=1000567&amp;hvtargid=pla-1214190016701&amp;psc=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oliver’s book 4000 Weeks</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Connect with me on the socials:</p><p>Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanthaimber</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/amantha" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/amantha</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amanthai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" t

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