#289 — Time Management for Mortals
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Waking Up with Sam Harris
4.6 • 29.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Sam Harris presents an unconventional perspective on time management from Oliver Burkeman. Rather than focusing on rote efficiency or productivity, Burkeman calls on us to embrace our finitude and surrender to the rhythms of life, so that we may "end our struggle with time"—and live with "more accomplishment, more success, and more time spent on what matters most."
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| 0:46.5 | Well last time around I mentioned that we had added a new category of content to the waking |
| 0:50.8 | up app called Life, where we're going to be covering a wider range of topics, things |
| 0:56.8 | like decision-making and leadership, wealth, parenting, and really anything else that relates |
| 1:02.9 | to living a more fulfilling and meaningful life. |
| 1:06.6 | And here I wanted to preview the new course we just launched with Oliver Berkman on Time |
| 1:10.6 | Management, titled Time Management for Mortals. |
| 1:14.4 | I really think what Oliver is doing here is fantastic, and people are already loving |
| 1:17.9 | this course over waking up. |
| 1:20.2 | So here if you're a subscriber to Making Sense, you'll get the first eight lessons presented |
| 1:25.5 | without break on this episode, and there are more lessons coming over waking up. |
| 1:31.1 | And now I give you Oliver Berkman. |
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