This episode of Control or Delete is sponsored by King Fischer, the company behind

recognisable home improvement brands such as B&Q and ScrewFix, who help make better homes

accessible for everyone. And who, by the way, doesn't love a pop down to B&Q? I definitely do.

King Fischer have recently partnered with Google Cloud, a collaboration that together will

support and prepare for retail's next digital age from infrastructure to data analytics.

They are looking for the right people to help them succeed, and that could be you.

They're looking for tech professionals interested in software engineering, data analytics,

data science, e-commerce, and much more. They also have a range of brilliant benefits,

competitive salaries, private health care for the family, and an outstanding pension scheme.

So if you're interested, go to careers.kingfischer.com today to find out more about their tech and

digital roles. Thank you so much to King Fischer for sponsoring this podcast.

Hello and welcome back to Control or Delete. My guest today is the award-winning writer Oliver

Birkman. He is a feature writer for the Guardian and writes a popular weekly column on psychology

called this column will change your life. Today we're discussing his new book,

4,000 weeks time management for mortals and uplifting and grossing and deeply realistic

exploration of productivity and time management, rejecting society's obsession with getting

everything done. It introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing,

rather than denying their limitations. It's a big dose of reality, and after reading the book,

you might think differently about your endless to-do list with a different lighter perspective,

perhaps. I absolutely love the book, and I am recommending it to everyone I know,

anyone who will listen to me, and I love chatting to Oliver all about it. So I hope you

enjoy this episode with Oliver Birkman. The day has arrived that I have Oliver Birkman on the

...