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Many of us wake up each morning with something Oliver Burkeman calls “productivity debt.” The bestselling author and journalist explains this term as “a sense that you’ve got to work […] ...

Readings that the podcast’s guests say shaped their thinking. “The Ezra Klein Show” explores ideas with some of today’s most dynamic thinkers. We cover politics, culture, history ...

Journalist and author Oliver Burkeman has spent years thinking and writing about time, and publishes The Imperfectionist, a twice-monthly email on productivity. Here, he tells Natasha Lunn where we’ve ...

I’ve recently been reading ‘Meditations for Mortals’ by Oliver Burkeman (which I highly recommend). In the book, Burkeman recounts the story of Erik Hagerman who, following Trump’s 2016 ...

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The self-help author Oliver Burkeman argues that the path to productivity — and peace of mind — begins with accepting your limitations. The legal scholars Gillian Metzger and Kate Shaw discuss ...

9 MEDITATIONS FOR MORTALS (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27). By Oliver Burkeman. A reflection on how to find perspective and meaning when faced with life’s imperfections. 10 THE DEMON OF UNREST ...

Michael Crick, Irving Finkel, Sophie Coulombeau, Oliver Burkeman, Sonia Overall and Maximillian de Gaynesford join Matthew Sweet to discuss diaries and their various meanings. Show more “A diary ...