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Jun 25, 2023 29 min

Oliver Burkeman

from Better Known Hosted by Ivan Wise

Oliver Burkeman discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Oliver Burkeman is the author of the New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, about embracing limitation and finally getting round to what counts, along with The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done. For many years he wrote a popular column for the Guardian, 'This Column Will Change Your Life'. In his email newsletter The Imperfectionist, he writes about productivity, mortality, the power of limits and building a meaningful life in an age of distraction. He lives in the North York Moors. The Zettelkasten https://zenkit.com/en/blog/a-beginners-guide-to-the-zettelkasten-method/ Death: The End of Self-Improvement by Joan Tollifson https://www.joantollifson.com/book-death-the-end-of-self-improvement.html The fact that everyone is just winging it https://www.theguardian.com/news/oliver-burkeman-s-blog/2014/may/21/everyone-is-totally-just-winging-it Rosedale Chimney Bank and Spaunton Moor https://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walk-1921-description "Ought implies can" https://platofootnote.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/ought-implies-can-or-does-it/ This Jungian Life https://thisjungianlife.com/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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