LinkedIn presents I'm Rufus Griscoom and this is the next big idea today you

get about four thousand weeks on earth the big question is how will you spend

them I'm a runner I have been all my life I find it's the most time-efficient way

to clear my head reinvigorate my body in mind all in 25 minutes door to door

few activities have given me such solace such a pleasant distraction from the

hub of my thoughts the hectic fever of my days sometimes though when I'm out

here in the cold feet stopping knees complaining lungs burning I wonder why am I

doing this to myself I used to shoe a such thoughts and pick up the pace telling

myself that with a little focus I can get under an eight minute mile prepare

for that next 5k but these days I'm trying something different when I

stop having fun I stop running where at the very least I slow down catch my

breath because yes long-term gains are important but should they always

come at the expense of enjoying the here and now hang on a sec

where was I right I learned this lesson about running while listening to the

conversation you're about to hear between next big idea club curator Malcolm

Gladwell and writer Oliver Berkman they got together to discuss Oliver's

new book four thousand weeks time management for mortals which was chosen by

our curators as one of the eight best books published last year the book begins

like this Macmillan audio present oh sorry meant to fast forward through that

part here we go the average human lifespan is absurdly terrifyingly infultingly

short make it to 80 and you'll get about 4,000 weeks and so as the poet

asks what will you do with your one wild and precious life for most of us the

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