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Pros

Oliver burkeman believes we must claim time for the great plans our hearts really wish to prioritise. This is a deeply, deeply helpful book synthesizing years of reporting, living, and reading that burkeman has done. Burkeman’s hopeful perspective ser...  Read More

The chapter's name alludes to viewers who once watched several large rubber bands being applied around a watermelon. This puts me in mind of toad in the wind in the willows.

Time is a resource that must be saved and hoarded for better thing. My wife found the book very helpful, mostly because it helps her shrug off some of the anxiety surrounding being too busy at work and the fear of disappointing collaborators.

He tackles practices or objections one to three at a time, for easy digestion.

Another serious time * is outlined in a chapter called the watermelon problem. For someone that always has a to-do list and struggles to relax when it is incomplete (and it never is!



Cons

There is nothing earth shattering in here for anyone who has spent any real time pondering the meaning of our existence. The gist is to stop caring about accomplishing anything in your life and live in the moment, but the argument was very poorly form...  Read More

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Quality


Yet the modern discipline known as time management—like its hipper cousin productivity—is a depressingly narrowminded affair fo...  Read More


I found it well structure well researched compelling and easy to read


If you read this book thinking it was about time management and expected solutions on how to better manage your time how to cra...  Read More


I read a few times management books but this one completely destroys the ones i have read

Price


It’s more like inexpensive therapy that everyone should receive


That have value and meaning to you and setting aside ignoring or outsourcing those that you dont value as much as you can do that

Shipping


The message is simple and the delivery did not feel preachy at all


The author’s delivery was personable and interesting as well

Competitiveness


Burkeman does a great job putting the little things in perspective to help you prioritize the big things


Burkeman uses heideggers philosophy of being in time as a support for his theses which is more or less that we do not 34have34 ...  Read More


The key burkeman shares is not eschewing stuff you don’t want to do in favor of what you do want to do but choosing what matter...  Read More

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  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 66.2% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 9,316 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 29 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I picked this book up because im ending my 4000 weeks


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    This book came on my radar after it was picked as a book of the month on a podcast


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    I thought this was an enjoyable read but it did feel like it started to drag even while discussing relevant topics


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I hardly ever write reviews but really


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The title does not do this book justice


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The author offers a kinder and more fulfilling alternative


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    To be clear this really isnt a 34time management34 book if youre looking for someone to tell you how to manage your time looks elsewhere


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Although to be honest i would argue that youre actually wasting your time by doing that youd be better off reading this instead and realizing that no matter how many time management books you read or how organized you think you can get youll never be able to accomplish everything you want to in life

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