Book · recommended on 7 episodes
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman ISBN 9781473545557
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Oliver Burkeman ISBN 9781473545557
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This book by Oliver Burkeman has come up 7 times across 3 different shows: Diary of a CEO, Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss. 6 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Chris Williamson, Matthew Hussey, Stephen Bartlett, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-03-14 and the most recent from 2022-12-31. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you have about four thousand weeks on earth. How should we use them best? Of course, nobody needs telling that there isn't enough time. We're obsessed by our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, the struggle against distraction, and the sense that our attention spans are shrivelling. Yet we rarely make the conscious connection that these problems only trouble us in the first place thanks to the ultimate time-management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.
“it's Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, which I thought was a fantastic book and there are a number of chapters that really stuck out as counterintuitively helpful”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Mark Manson: Three-time #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (~20 million copies sold), longtime personal-development blogger at MarkManson.net, and co-author of Will Smith's memoir 'Will'. Mark Manson tells Tim Ferriss the unglamorous truth behind his mega-bestseller, his decade of quiet iteration, and his pivot back to online video.
“I thought Four Thousand Weeks was an exceptional book, and I plan to go back and reread it.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Tim Ferriss: Author of The 4-Hour Workweek, 4-Hour Body and 4-Hour Chef, host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, early-stage startup investor and advisor to companies including Shopify, Uber and TaskRabbit. Tim Ferriss fields a solo live Q&A on PR, marketing, launching products, selling to the affluent, time dilation, and his personal protocols.
“yes four thousand weeks by oliver berkman it's a fantastic book everyone should go and check that out if you haven't”— Chris Williamson
The guest here is Chris Williamson: Host of the Modern Wisdom podcast, former club promoter and Love Island contestant, based in Austin, Texas. Chris Williamson answers fan questions about his Joe Rogan appearance, NoFap, fame, dating, discipline, and building Modern Wisdom.
“4 000 weeks the book oliver berkman great book more highlights in that book and psychology of money than probably any books in recent memory for me”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Tim Ferriss: Author of The 4-Hour Workweek and host of The Tim Ferriss Show; angel investor (now focused on climate tech), podcaster, and self-experimenter, here doing a solo live Q&A. Tim Ferriss answers live and pre-submitted listener questions on wealth, money's limits, book recommendations, skill-building, and taking advice wisely.
“oliver burkman his book for anyone who's struggling with being ready for commitment is a really powerful book you could read that book as a dating book”— Matthew Hussey
The guest here is Matthew Hussey: New York Times best-selling author and dating coach who runs the world's number one YouTube channel for dating advice. Dating expert Matthew Hussey on why "the one" doesn't exist, chronic pain, vulnerability in men, and building rather than finding love.
“your new book 4000 weeks time and how to use it which i found incredibly important i think that's the best way to describe it”— Stephen Bartlett
The guest here is Oliver Burkeman: British journalist and author of 'Four Thousand Weeks' and 'The Antidote', former Guardian columnist writing on time management, productivity, and happiness. Oliver Burkeman explains why embracing our finitude and limits is the antidote to procrastination, overwork, and chronic distraction.
“it's called four thousand weeks that refers to the average lifespan of humans and there's actually a lot of great exploration in this book”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Matt Mullenweg: Co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress and founder/CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, and Pocket Casts. A longtime friend of Tim, distributed-work advocate, and avid photographer. Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg record from a tent on an Antarctic glacier, sharing personal reflections on grief, mortality, fear, and meaning.
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