ANINSTANTNEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER*IncludesaninterviewwithJamesHollis*“Provocativeandappealing...Wellworthyourextremelylimitedtime.“--BarbaraSpindel,TheWallStreetJournalThere’sagoodreasonwhyeveryonehasbeentalkingaboutOliverBurkeman’sNewYorkTimesbestseller,FourThousandWeeks.Nobodyneedstobetoldthereisn’tenoughtime.Whetherwe’restartingourownbusiness,ortryingtowriteanovelduringourlunchbreak,orstaringdownapileofdeadlinesaswe’replanningavacation,we’reobsessedwithourlengtheningto-dolists,overfilledinboxes,work-lifebalance,andceaselessstruggleagainstdistraction.We’redelugedwithadviceonbecomingmoreproductiveandefficientandlifehackstooptimizeourdays.Butsuchtechniquesoftenendupmakingthingsworse.Thesenseofanxioushurrygrowsmoreintense,andyetthemostmeaningfulpartsoflifeseemtoliejustbeyondthehorizon.Still,werarelymaketheconnectionbetweenourdailystruggleswithtimeandtheultimatetimemanagementproblem:thechallengeofhowbesttouseourfourthousandweeks,theaveragelengthofahumanlife.Drawingontheinsightsofbothancientandcontemporaryphilosophers,psychologists,andspiritualteachers,OliverBurkemandeliversanentertaining,humorous,practical,andultimatelyprofoundguidetotimeandtimemanagement.Rejectingthefutilemodernobsessionwith“gettingeverythingdone,“FourThousandWeeksintroducesreaderstotoolsforconstructingameaningfullifebyembracingfinitude,showingthatmanyoftheunhelpfulwayswe’vecometothinkabouttimearen’tinescapable,unchangingtruths,butchoiceswe’vemadeasindividualsandasasociety--andthatwecandothingsdifferently.
