Modern Wisdom

#365 - Oliver Burkeman - How To Properly Manage Your Time

Aug 30, 2021

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Efficiency doesn't always lead to meaningful work, be mindful of engaging in unimportant tasks.

Mastering and controlling time can result in stress and suboptimal use of time.

Time management anxiety arises from societal pressures, prioritize tasks to avoid overworking and focus on the present moment.

Deep dives

Efficiency Doesn't Always Lead to Useful Work

Becoming more efficient doesn't always result in meaningful work as individuals end up engaging in more unimportant tasks. This chase for productivity can lead to neglecting what truly matters and feeling overwhelmed by a never-ending workload.

Time Boxing

00:22

Focus Unlocks Exponential Gains

01:22

The Efficiency Trap and the Importance Trap

02:15

The trap of efficiency and the inner gesture of surrender to reality

01:37

Introduction

5min

Do We Really Have Time?

3min

Is Time Management Anxiety a Modern Phenomenon?

2min

Are We Busier Than People?

3min

Efficiency Is Not All Negative, but It's All Kind of Limitless

2min

Are You Trying to Improve Your Productivity?

6min

The Role of Limitation and Finitude

2min

Are You Never Going to Not Have Problems?

2min

The Efficiency Trap

2min

10.

The Importance of Saying No to Things That Matter

2min

11.

Are You Saying That Hydiger Managed to Outshine You in This Book?

3min

12.

Canban Methodology Is One Way of Doing This

2min

13.

Are You Going to Fail to Excel in Every Single Domain?

2min

14.

Having a Plan for the Next Six Months

5min

15.

You Have Your Finger in Multiple Pies?

3min

16.

How to Get Rid of Your Anxiety

2min

17.

Do You Work Too Late?

3min

18.

Is There a Real Way Around Social Media?

5min

19.

The Purposive Man

2min

20.

The Reality of Your Life Is Always Now

4min

21.

Is a Plan Just a Thought?

2min

22.

Can Ernest Becker Be a Productivity Gooroo in 2021?

2min

23.

The Question of Enlargement and Diminishment

3min

24.

You're a Morons All the Way Up

5min

Oliver Burkeman is a journalist and an author.

Time is something we all wish we had more of and tons of productivity gurus have proposed strategies to stop it from slipping through our fingers. After years of investigating and reporting on cutting-edge productivity for The Guardian, Oliver has arrived at a slightly different worldview of time and how we should manage it.

Expect to learn why becoming more efficient often just leads to you getting more useless work done, the fundamental problems which all time management strategies fail to address, how deciding what you're going to fail at is a superpower, the danger of seeing your leisure time as an arena for self-improvement and much more...

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Modern Wisdom

#365 - Oliver Burkeman - How To Properly Manage Your Time

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Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Efficiency Doesn't Always Lead to Useful Work

The Illusion of Time Control

Time Management Anxiety in Modern Times

Managing Productivity and Time Blocking

Balancing Present Moments and Future Focus

Time Boxing

Focus Unlocks Exponential Gains

The Efficiency Trap and the Importance Trap

The trap of efficiency and the inner gesture of surrender to reality

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Efficiency Doesn't Always Lead to Useful Work

The Illusion of Time Control

Time Management Anxiety in Modern Times

Managing Productivity and Time Blocking

Balancing Present Moments and Future Focus

Time Boxing

Focus Unlocks Exponential Gains

The Efficiency Trap and the Importance Trap

The trap of efficiency and the inner gesture of surrender to reality

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