A lot of what i read when i was younger about time management felt like, if you can just overcome like, your instincts and like nature and seasons and just buck and get some rootydansas deth. And part of me t sort of wants to block the question when i get it and say, the point here is to sort of clear up a fog or an illusion that i think are often under when it comes to time. You know? It's almost like a stop falling for this illusion. I kind of want to say, like, that's it. Then you just have to live.
Why does it always feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get work done? How did we come to see time as a resource we could manipulate and exploit? Why does achieving “inbox zero” come with bragging rights? And how has the belief that we can command and control time totally warped not only our personal lives, but also our working lives?
In today's episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans start to tease apart a few of the brain-expanding questions with guest Oliver Burkeman, the best-selling author of Four Thousand Weeks. Together, they explore what we don’t talk about when we talk about modern time management.
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