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TIME MANAGEMENT FOR MORTALS: Malcolm Gladwell and Oliver Burkeman

TIME MANAGEMENT FOR MORTALS: Malcolm Gladwell and Oliver Burkeman

FromThe Next Big Idea


TIME MANAGEMENT FOR MORTALS: Malcolm Gladwell and Oliver Burkeman

FromThe Next Big Idea

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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Mar 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

“The average human lifespan is absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short.” So begins Oliver Burkeman’s new book, “Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals.” Make it to 80, and you’ll get about 4,000 weeks. And so, as the poet asked, “What will you do with your one wild and precious life?” For most of us, the answer is obvious: Get busy. Why squander what little time we have? But in this conversation with Next Big Idea Club curator Malcolm Gladwell, Oliver proposes an alternative. If you want to make the most of your time, he says, you have to stop chasing pointless productivity and embrace life’s finitude.
Released:
Mar 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join our host, Rufus Griscom — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Thursday.