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From the author of the global bestseller Four Thousand Weeks, a liberating four-week journey towards a saner, freer, more meaningful, more enchantment-filled life. 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'. How 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. 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 anxiety-inducing times, it is rich in truths we have never needed more.

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Oliver Burkeman has a way of giving you the most unexpected productivity advice exactly when you need it -- Mark Manson I follow Oliver Burkeman's personal, literary, and journalistic adventures into wisdom with admiration and exhilaration. Now he bring us a 'retreat of the mind' in a very special book. We should all read this, preferable in the company of others - for the sake of our aching world as well as the state of our souls -- Krista Tippett

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 Full of wisdom and comfort. I enjoyed every page and read it in a single sitting. This is a really important book about embracing truth and reality which will help a lot of people leave their fantasies and dive into real life -- Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People I follow Oliver Burkeman's personal, literary, and journalistic adventures into wisdom with admiration and exhilaration. Now he bring us a 'retreat of the mind' in a very special book. We should all read this, preferable in the company of others - for the sake of our aching world as well as the state of our souls -- Krista Tippett, author of Becoming Wise More than a book of ideas, Meditations for Mortals offers a practical path towards personal transformation - one that helps you sidestep the shallow allure of frenetic busyness and find a liberation joy in the limits and imperfections of life. A must-read -- Cal Newport, author of Slow Productivity A bracing and refreshing antidote ... With crackling wit and counter-intuitive wisdom, Burkeman shows that it’s okay — and often smarter — to do less, let some goals slides, and embrace our imperfections. This book is both a comfort and a challenge — exactly what our trying times demand -- Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret

Thoughtful, level-headed and useful ... a book to meditate upon * The Times * I'm sceptical about self-help - but a four-week 'mind retreat' changed me ... [Meditations for Mortals] teems with good sense, sensibly dispensed * i * A bracing read ... I'd bet that his audience will finish it in one sitting ... uplifting * FT * Illuminating ... Burkeman's insight [is] always clear-eyed and jargon-free ... reassuring and constructive * Guardian * Full of wise advice on not getting overburdened by work * 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 Full of wisdom and comfort. I enjoyed every page and read it in a single sitting. This is a really important book about embracing truth and reality which will help a lot of people leave their fantasies and dive into real life -- Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People I follow Oliver Burkeman's personal, literary, and journalistic adventures into wisdom with admiration and exhilaration. Now he bring us a 'retreat of the mind' in a very special book. We should all read this, preferable in the company of others - for the sake of our aching world as well as the state of our souls -- Krista Tippett, author of Being Wise More than a book of ideas, Meditations for Mortals offers a practical path toward personal transformation - one that helps you sidestep the shallow allure of frenetic busyness and find a liberation joy in the limits and imperfections of life. A must-read -- Cal Newport, author of Slow Productivity A bracing and refreshing antidote ... With crackling wit and counter-intuitive wisdom, Burkeman shows that it’s okay — and often smarter — to do less, let some goals slides, and embrace our imperfections. This book is both a comfort and a challenge — exactly what our trying times demand -- Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret

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Oliver Burkeman is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Four Thousand Weeks and The Antidote, and for many years wrote a popular weekly column on psychology for the Guardian, 'This Column Will Change Your Life'. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Psychologies and New Philosopher. He has a devoted following for his writing on productivity, mortality, the power of limits, and building a meaningful life in an age of bewilderment. oliverburkeman.com

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