The Human Experience With Limitation

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Our real problem isn't so much that we're busy as that we're overwhelmed. We have the feeling that there are more things we need to do than we can do in available time. For a whole variety of reasons, we've come to feel that we must do more than we can. This is a classic case of the human encounter with limitation.

Sam Harris presents an unconventional perspective on time management from Oliver Burkeman. Rather than focusing on rote efficiency or productivity, Burkeman calls on us to embrace our finitude and surrender to the rhythms of life, so that we may “end our struggle with time”—and live with “more accomplishment, more success, and more time spent on what matters most.”

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