Oliver Burkeman – Everyone is totally just winging it

10 Lessons Learned

Oliver Burkeman tells us how "The ability to tolerate minor discomfort is a superpower" why we should "Let things take the time they take" why it's important to "Seek enlargement rather than happiness " and more. Hosted by Duff Watkins.

About Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman is an award-winning British journalist who wrote a long-running weekly column for The Guardian, entitled "This Column Will Change Your Life." Burkeman has won the Foreign Press Association's Young Journalist of the Year award, FPA's Science Story of the Year 2015 and has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2006. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Psychologies, and New Philosopher. He lives in New York City.

He is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking focuses on his theory of negativity and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done (2011). He also has his own blog, on which he features a wide range of articles covering topics such as business management and various interviews with noteworthy individuals including Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter His new book, Four Thousand Weeks - time management for mere mortals , is about making the most of our radically finite lives in a world of impossible demands, relentless distraction and political insanity (and 'productivity techniques' that mainly just make everyone feel busier).

Episode Notes

Lesson 1: Seek enlargement rather than happiness 06:47
Lesson 2: Everyone is totally just winging it 11:01
Lesson 3: You're always procrastinating on something 18:23
Lesson 4: Nobody else really cares what you do with your life 23:34
Lesson 5: The ability to tolerate minor discomfort is a superpower 26:33
Lesson 6: What makes it unbearable is your mistaken belief that it can be cured 30:49
Lesson 7: Let things take the time they take 33:06
Lesson 8: You wouldn't want the control you think you need 35:15
Lesson 9: Don't fight time; it always wins in the end 40:42
Lesson 10: You don't need to justify your existence 43:59