Oliver Burkeman
Author of Four Thousand Weeks
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- Birthdate
- 1975
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
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- UK
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Education
- University of Cambridge
- Occupations
- Journalist
- Agent
- Tina Bennett (Bennett Literary)
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- Oliver Burkeman by Jeff Mikkelson
Oliver Burkeman is a writer for The Guardian based in Brooklyn, New York. His latest book, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking (Canongate 2013), explores the upsides of negativity, uncertainty, failure and imperfection. Each week in The Guardian he writes about social psychology, self-help culture, productivity and the science of happiness. His is also the author of HELP! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done (Canongate, 2011).
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- Rating
- 4.1
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While Burkeman does a stellar job of addressing our obsession with productivity from a philosophical and psychological standpoint, the book doesn't offer as much practical advice as I was hoping for. With 13 pages of notes and an 8-page index, Four Thousand Weeks is obviously well-researched. Yet, as I read, what little advice I found only rehashed the stuff I'd come across in every other time management book: "do the important things first," "be okay with not being great at everything," "do the next right thing," etc.
That's not to say Burkeman's book doesn't have merit. Far from it. But for all of Burkeman's claims that this is a different kind of time management book, in the end, it sits comfortably alongside "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson and "Atomic Habits" by James Clear.
Reading Four Thousand Weeks won't revolutionize your daily life, but it could help you reconsider what's truly worth your time.… (more)