How to Be a Better Human — How to make the most of a finite life (w/ Oliver Burkeman)

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How to make the most of a finite life (w/ Oliver Burkeman)

How to Be a Better Human

There’s only so much you can do in a week – or, according to Oliver Burkeman, in the roughly 4,000 weeks the average human lives. Oliver is a journalist and author of the books Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, Meditations for Mortals, and the newsletter “The Imperfectionist.” Chris and Oliver discuss…

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