Oct 23, 2024
Ohhhh, do I have a treat for you
today. There are a few books that I recommend to clients, students,
friends, family, people in line at the grocery store, you name
it…and THIS guy has done it again. Oliver
Burkeman is the author of the NYT Bestseller Four
Thousand Weeks (that’s the one I’ve been known to push into
the hands of anyone who will listen) and he’s back at it with the
just-released Meditations
for Mortals.
And this week’s episode of The Transforming
Anxiety Podcast is an interview with Mr. Burkeman.
A few nuggets from new book:
“The whole point of facing the truth about finitude is
that it gets easier to spend more of your time on worthwhile and
life-enriching activities once you’re no longer trying to do all of
them, or do them perfectly, or do them with the secret agenda of
achieving a feeling of security or control.”
And this is another great quote…
“…the life-enhancing route is to think of decisions
not as things that come along, but as things to go hunting for. In
other words: to operate on the assumption that somewhere, in the
confusing morass of your work or your life, lurks at least one
decision you could make, right now, in order to get unstuck and get
moving.”
This is a really great conversation and I’m thrilled he
spent some time with us. You can find the video HERE
and audio is in your podcast feed or over on the
website.
Find out more about Mr. Burkeman, all of his books and
other work, plus get subscribed to his newsletter, The
Imperfectionist, by visiting: www.oliverburkeman.com.
Full show notes are located at: www.kellyhanlinmccormick.com/podcast/276
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