The Focus Bee Show (336) Oliver Burkeman: Mastering Time and Living Fully with The Secret of Embracing Finitude
(336) Oliver Burkeman: How To Live Fully, with 4000 Weeks and Meditation for Mortals
In this podcast episode, Oliver Burkeman joins to discuss themes from his books Four Thousand Weeks and Meditation for Mortals.
Together, we dive into how embracing human limitations, trusting intuition, and practicing self-compassion can lead to more meaningful work and a richer life.
The conversation challenges rigid productivity mindsets, focuses on the value of balancing structure with spontaneity, letting go of the illusion of total control, and finding presence in everyday moments.
💫 About Oliver Burkeman:
Oliver Burkeman is the New York Times bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks, about embracing limitation and finally getting round to what counts, and of the recently released UK Sunday Times bestseller Meditations for Mortals. Adam Grant called Four Thousand Weeks "the most important book ever written about time management." Jeff Bridges called it "kinda cool."
In his email newsletter The Imperfectionist, he writes about productivity, mortality, the power of limits, and building a meaningful life in an age of anxiety and distraction.
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- Website: https://www.oliverburkeman.com/
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Katie is the founder of The Focus Bee, an international high-performance coach, speaker, author, and host of The Focus Bee Show. She supports founders, CEOs, and high achievers to reach and sustain peak performance through focus, leadership, stress management and alignment. Her mission is to create purpose-driven leaders worldwide.
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