Set: Four Thousand Weeks / The Antidote

by Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman's 2-Book Four Thousand Time Management for Mortals Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern fixation on “getting everything done,” Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society―and that we could do things differently. The Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking The Antidote is a series of journeys among people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life. What they have in common is a hunch about human that it’s our constant effort to eliminate the negative that causes us to feel so anxious, insecure, and unhappy. And that there is an alternative “negative path” to happiness and success that involves embracing the things we spend our lives trying to avoid. It is a subversive, galvanizing message, which turns out to have a long and distinguished philosophical lineage ranging from ancient Roman Stoic philosophers to Buddhists. Oliver Burkeman talks to life coaches paid to make their clients’ lives a living hell, and to maverick security experts such as Bruce Schneier, who contends that the changes we’ve made to airport and aircraft security since the 9/11 attacks have actually made us less safe. And then there are the “backwards” business gurus, who suggest not having any goals at all and not planning for a company’s future.

544 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Fowad Ijaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Synopsis: Explains how time is a construct that we experience as separate from ourselves but thats not al2ys how time was seen. We don't have to live with a never ending to do list, we can live more in the moment.Review: If say it we overall a worthwhile read, and I might have to reread it because I missed some important bits.