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🗓️ 30 October 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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In this episode, Oliver Burkeman gets real with me about the power of embracing limits to unlock a richer, more productive life. We talk about his book, Meditations for Mortals, and unpack why so much of traditional time management is flawed. Instead of chasing perfection, Oliver shows how small, intentional steps and accepting our constraints can actually lead to more freedom and fulfillment. His take on “imperfectionism” and the value of presence offers a fresh way to tackle life’s demands.
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0:00.0 | If somebody is in a job that they think they might want to leave, but they haven't thought about it, |
0:04.2 | they haven't told anyone about this yet, right? It's just a private doubt. We're not talking about |
0:08.4 | grand gestures, like finally deciding whether to march into the boss's office and shout, I quit, right? |
0:13.8 | Talking about something as tiny as reaching out to one friend who you think might be the most |
0:17.8 | useful person to talk to about it and inviting them for coffee. That's actually a decision because you've gone from it being purely private, so it's got a |
0:24.6 | role in the world now, these doubts that you've been experiencing, and it's hard to back out of that. |
0:28.6 | And just moving from one thing to the next, even at that very incremental level, because you've closed off |
0:35.6 | some of the paths that theoretically stretched ahead of you, such as the one where you never tell anybody about your doubts, things will change, right? Because you'll be in a new environment. There will be forward motion. There'll be momentum. |
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1:03.0 | anyone who is doubting that what they are doing is the right thing if you've ever felt stuck, |
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