Death to Productivity with Oliver Burkeman

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

All of us have too much to do and too little time to do it in. Yet the more we try to increase our productivity, the less happy and productive we seem to be. Why, and what’s the solution? This week Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks, Time Management for Mortals, joins Adam to discuss how to break the cycle of productivity shame with his radical new approach to looking at time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:03.3	And just a reminder, I am on tour once again this year.
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