Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Oliver Berkman. He's a journalist, a writer for The Guardian, and an author.

Does trying harder to be extra productive actually work? Does it net more success or just more misery?

For the type A people in the world, how can we learn to be less tough on ourselves and maybe have more fun in the process.

Expect to learn what imperfectionism is, how to overcome decision paralysis and to deal with

distractions, whether or not there is an easy solution to imposter syndrome, an unexpected answer to fixing procrastination,

the most effective ways to curb self-criticism, why you should stop berating yourself

for not being sufficiently present, and much more.

Oliver has probably been my favorite writer over the last 12 months,

certainly in the top three.

And I just love this sort of very unashamed,

raw open perspective on the fallibility of all of us trying to work harder and the

inevitable face planting that we do on a daily basis. He's so great and I really I really feel like he

gives me license to open up more about my shortcomings too. He's so phenomenal the

new book's great you should check that out and yeah, there is just so much to take away from today. So please enjoy it.

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