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Four Thousand Weeks, with Oliver Burkeman

Afford Anything

Can-Ban - A Tactic Approach That Reminds Us of Our Limitations

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One of the concepts that you talk about in your book quite a bit is the superficiality of the endless pursuit of efficiency. You described the can-ban approach as one of the approaches a specific tactical practice that reminds us of our limitations. "I think it's a really powerful way to meet the truth and then have the time to excel in something," he says.

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