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131. The Time of Your Life with Oliver Burkeman

At Work with The Ready

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What's Left in the Negative Space Is Good Enough?

"If you can just let go of the idea that prediction and control is a rule for everything, then what's left is almost good enough," says oliver. "You don't need to necessarily do exactly what we say... You can find your own way by just eliminating what it's not", he adds. The author also talks about how working in an organization could be more productive if people were able to surrender their time-wasting tendencies.

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