The Art of Manliness Treat Your To-Do List Like a River, and Other Mindset Shifts for Making Better Use of Your Time
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Oct 9, 2024 
Join Oliver Burkeman, author of "Meditations for Mortals" and "4000 Weeks," as he shares transformative mindset shifts for better time management. He suggests viewing tasks like a flowing river to enhance flexibility and embraces 'productivity debt' without guilt. Discover the importance of decisiveness through Frost's poetry, and learn to prioritize joy and connection over perfectionism. Burkeman encourages adaptability in daily routines, reminding us that life’s challenges should be welcomed rather than resisted.
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The Resonance Trap
- Increased control over time and space, a common goal in productivity culture, can diminish life's vividness.
- Hartmut Rosa's "Resonance" theory explores this, suggesting that our pursuit of control can squeeze out the very aliveness we seek.
The Growing Church Paradox
- Thriving churches with growing memberships can have depressed members.
- Andrew Root suggests that the constant pressure to grow and do more leads to a sense of going through the motions and despondency.
The Efficiency Trap
- Improving efficiency can lead to more low-priority tasks, not less work.
- Increased speed doesn't help with infinite inputs; it dilutes attention and hinders crucial prioritization.
