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“This is the most important book ever written about time management.”
—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of WorkLife
What if you stopped trying to do everything, so that you could finally get around to what counts?
Nobody needs to be told there isn’t enough time. Whether we’re starting our own business, or trying to write a novel during our lunch break, or staring down a pile of deadlines as we’re planning a vacation, we’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and ceaseless struggle against distraction. We’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient and life hacks to optimize our days. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the question of how best to use our ridiculously brief time on the planet, which amounts on average to about four thousand weeks.
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 obsession with “getting everything done,”
Product details
Publisher : Penguin Canada (July 25 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 0735232482
ISBN-13 : 978-0735232488
Item weight : 240 g
Dimensions : 13.21 x 1.78 x 20.07 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #1,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#11 in Time Management (Books)
#55 in Business Management (Books)
#105 in Mental Health (Books)
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