How to achieve more by doing less with Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman is the author of the New York Times and Sunday
Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, about embracing limitation
and finally getting round to what counts, along with The
Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More
Done. 


“We are dissuaded from doing things that add great value
to our lives just to avoid discomfort.”


For many years he wrote a popular column for the Guardian, 'This
Column Will Change Your Life'. In his email newsletter The
Imperfectionist, he writes about productivity, mortality, the
power of limits and building a meaningful life in an age of
distraction. He lives in the North York Moors. 


This episode is particularly special as it is the first that was
LIVE on our app, Healthy Living by The Happy Pear!


“We talk about not wanting to settle when we think we can
do better… but we end up becoming a commitment-phobe and don’t
realise that both of these are settling. One is settling for an
imperfect human being and the other is denying yourself the
pleasure of and benefits of a long term relationship… this
doesn’t just apply to dating and it’s great to realise this so
you stop making decisions motivated by this notion of a perfect
outcome.”


We had a wonderful conversation with Oliver, and members of the
app got to ask their questions too. We spoke about the issues
with time management, our inability to be in the present moment,
how to achieve more by doing less, how the concept “to settle”
isn’t always a negative thing, and the importance of leaning into
discomfort, amongst many other things.


We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.


Lots of Love,


Dave & Steve x


To find out more about Oliver Burkeman and his work,
check out:
https://www.oliverburkeman.com/


Produced by Sara Fawsitt & Sean Cahill





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