#048: Oliver Burkeman — Writing Impactful Articles, Making the Most of Our Finite Lives, Reevaluate Your Relationship With Time, Being Happier
Oliver Burkeman @oliverburkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks, on his process for writing impactful articles, reevaluating our relationship with time, the truth about perfectionism and why it’s liberating to know that we are insignificant in the cosmos.
London Writers' Salon · Oliver Burkeman, Parul Bavishi, Matthew Trinetti
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Show Notes
Bestselling author Oliver Burkeman @oliverburkeman on his process for writing impactful articles plus how he wrote his popular book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. We chat about reevaluating our relationship with time, the truth about perfectionism, why it’s liberating to know that we are insignificant in the cosmos, and how we might use this reality to lead happier and more creative lives.
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ABOUT OLIVER BURKEMAN
Oliver Burkeman is a feature writer for The Guardian. He won the Foreign Press Association's Young Journalist of the Year Award and has been short-listed for the Orwell Prize. He wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, "This Column Will Change Your Life". His books include Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals and The Antidote: Happiness for People who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking.
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RESOURCES
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
- Article: Everyone is Totally Winging It, All of the Time
- All of Oliver's articles from his Guardian column: This Column Will Change Your Life
- Finding Meaning in an Imperfect World by Iddo Landou
- Oliver's next masterclass: Designing Your System for Creativity
- Oliver's newsletter: The Imperfectionist
- Connect with Oliver on Twitter @oliverburkeman
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