Bücher von Oliver Burkeman

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"e;Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time."e; -Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street JournalThe average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks.Nobody needs telling there isn't enough time. We're obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we're deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and "e;life hacks"e; to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern fixation on "e;getting everything done,"e; Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we've come to think about time aren't inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we've made as individuals and as a society-and that we could do things differently.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Provocative and appealing . . . Well worth your extremely limited time." -Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street JournalThere's a good reason why everyone has been talking about Oliver Burkeman's New York Times bestseller, Four Thousand Weeks. Nobody needs to be told there isn't enough time. Whether we're starting our own business, or trying to write a novel during our lunch break, or staring down a pile of deadlines as we're planning a vacation, we're obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and ceaseless struggle against distraction. We're deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient and life hacks to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and yet the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks, the average length of a human life.Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern obsession with "getting everything done," Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing that many of the unhelpful ways we've come to think about time aren't inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we've made as individuals and as a society-and that we can do things differently.

What if 'positive thinking' and relentless optimism aren't the solution to the happiness dilemma, but part of the problem?

"Addressing the fundamental questions about how to live, [this book] offers a ... way to take action on what counts: a guiding philosophy of life Oliver Burkeman calls 'imperfectionism.' It helps us tackle challenges as they crop up in our daily lives: our finite time, the lure of distraction, the impossibility of doing anything perfectly. How can we embrace our nonnegotiable limitations? Or make good decisions when there's always too much to do? How do we shed the illusion that life will really begin as soon as we can 'get on top of everything'? Reflecting on quotations drawn from philosophy, religion, literature, psychology, and self-help, Burkeman explores a combination of practical tools and daily shifts in perspective"--

'Full of wisdom and comfort ... a really important book' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN, author of Ultra-Processed PeopleHow can we embrace our non-negotiable limitations? Or make good decisions when there's always too much to do? What if purposeful productivity were often about letting things happen, not making them happen?Reflecting on ideas drawn from philosophy, religion, literature, psychology, and self-help, Burkeman explores practical tools and shifts in perspective. The result is a bracing challenge to much familiar advice, and a profound yet entertaining crash course in living more fully.Meditations for Mortals takes us on a liberating journey towards a more meaningful life - one that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence, but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves.Addressing the fundamental questions about how to live, it offers a powerful new way to take action on what counts: a guiding philosophy of life Oliver Burkeman calls 'imperfectionism'.To be read either as a four-week 'retreat of the mind' or devoured in one or two sittings, Meditations for Mortals will be a source of solace and inspiration, and an aid to a saner, freer, and more enchantment-filled life in 2025.In anxiety-inducing times, it is rich in truths we have never needed more.'Thoughtful, level-headed, and useful ... a book to meditate upon' THE TIMES'Oliver Burkeman has a way of giving you the most unexpected productivity advice exactly when you need it' MARK MANSON, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck** A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2024 **

Der andere Weg zum GlückWir selbst sind unseres Glückes Schmied, können alles schaffen, wenn wir nur an uns glauben, und sollen groß denken, aber noch größer träumen. Wenn Sie diesen Glaubenssätzen folgend neue Anstöße zum positiven Denken suchen, dann ist dieses Buch vermutlich nicht das richtige für Sie. Wenn Sie sich allerdings fragen, warum keines der Selbsthilfebücher in Ihrem Regal bisher funk­tioniert hat und wer eigentlich festgelegt hat, dass Glück das ultimative Ziel ist, dann kann dieses Buch Abhilfe schaffen. Oliver Burkeman hinterfragt unser ständiges Bemühen, glücklich zu sein, und begibt sich auf die Suche nach einem alternativen Weg zu Zufriedenheit und Erfolg. Ein Gedanke, auf den er vermehrt stößt: Vielleicht ist dieses ständige Streben nach Glück genau das, was uns unglücklich macht ...'Eine herrliche Synthese gesunden Menschen­verstands, die einer erfrischenden Entgiftung für jeden Selbsthilfe-Junkie gleichkommt.' The Guardian

Das Leben ist kurz, aber das ist kein Grund zur SorgeDie Zeit reicht nicht aus - niemals. Gerade einmal 4000 Wochen haben wir auf der Erde, und das auch nur, wenn wir um die achtzig werden. Kein Wunder, dass wir unaufhörlich versuchen, möglichst viel in diese kurze Zeit hineinzupressen. Dabei verlieren wir genau die Dinge aus dem Blick, die uns wirklich wichtig sind und uns vor allem glücklich machen. Oliver Burkeman führt geistreich und kurzweilig vor, wie wir dem Zeit- und Effizienzdruck widerstehen - und damit der unerhörten Kürze und den schillernden Möglichkeiten unseres Lebens gerecht werden können.'Das wichtigste Buch, das je über Zeitmanagement geschrieben wurde.' Adam Grant'Ein wunderbar ehrliches Buch!' Mark Manson