There is a fresh – rather freeing – perspective when it comes to “time-management” that can relieve us from stressing over our inboxes and to-do lists.  Our guest, Oliver Burkeman, is just the one to have discovered it because he wrote a column for the Guardian for 10 years about time management. And then one day realized that much of the schemes and advice for managing time were nonsense. Instead, the solution to our overwhelming dilemma with time starts somewhere we might never look. This conversation is both freeing and fun.   Oliver is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done (2011), a collection of his columns for the Guardian newspaper. We go deeper into his new book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals and his insights about how to reach a fulfilling and meaningfully productive life.   Let’s jump into how to have a fully productive life! [00:01 - 10:10] Opening Segment   Oliver introduces Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals How we think and feel about time The need to do social and psychology research Analyze time management techniques and productivity systems Why people should sacrifice projects, goals, and causes to nurture relationships  The urgent vs the important The role of social media on your life You should understand the news are not your life   [10:11 - 29:57] Your Best Time Management: Knowing What to Let Go   Each day is something you have to go through to a more fulfilling future Have a winning mindset and feel the truth of each situation See the value on the moments you’re actually living Oliver explains the rocks in the jar parable Make time for the things that really matter The challenge is to decide what rock you won’t put on the jar Be on the outlook for things you are doing daily Spend your time with people you have the deepest relationships with and  projects you care about the most Time is precious Oliver’s insights about time management  Start doing new things and value the ones you’re already doing Keep in mind that every experience in life is either a  good time or a good story        There is a place on the internet created to bring out our best impulses and our collective genius. Visit Goodness Exchange and get unlimited access to exclusive news and bonus content!   [29:58 -  44:09]   Every Moment Is the Last Time   Oliver shares the role of planing People who compulsively plan are trying to get some kind of certainty The challenge is to hold plans incredibly loosely You don’t want to design a timetable for the day. Be flexible. The struggle people have to turn the future into something predictable Cultivate the thought of being curious about what’s going to occur instead of needing one thing to occur Go easier with yourself and your people You should never marry an outcome We’re full of things we do for the last time Be present with things that are happening    [44:10 - 47:53] Closing Segment   Olivier’s last thoughts and advice Don’t worry about big plans, do the next achievable plan How to connect with Oliver and his work Links below  Give a review and rating, and share this episode with others Final announcements  Tweetable Quotes: “Letting go of certain ambitions. We got through our lives trying to stuff all the rocks into the jar. You were never going to get them all in the jar.” - Oliver Burkeman   “Time is precious. Find value, meaning, and wonder in almost everything you’re doing.” - Oliver Burkeman   “What if it makes more sense to say we are time, not that we have time.” - Oliver Burkeman Resources Mentioned: Books:   The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking  Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done   Connect with Oliver on Twitter.  Head to OliverBukerman.com and have access to all the incredible content he has written and sign up for The Imperfectionist! Conspi