Four Thousand Weeks

“I mean that is – that has been kind of top of mind in my own head because I read the book 4,000 weeks by Oliver burkman”

“We're calling it the Choose FI Book Club and the book that we picked is '4,000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals' by Oliver Berkman.”

“It was just the coolest thing ever and one of her ideas was to start a book club focused on '4,000 Weeks'.”

“That's interesting; it's funny because I suspect this actually ties into Berkman's book here that we're discussing, '4,000 Weeks'.”

“That reminds me of a story on page 77, which Berkman mentions is probably apocryphal, about Warren Buffett.”

“It’s a trap we fall into, and it makes me think about the book's title '4,000 Weeks'—when you roughly calculate an 80-year life, multiplied by 52 weeks a year, you get just a little more than 4,000 weeks.”

“Berkman had a quote early in the book that said, 'The world is bursting with wonder, and yet it’s the rare productivity guru who seems to have considered the possibility that the ultimate point of all our frenetic doing might be to experience more of that wonder.'”

“We do—we talk about these life hacks, and it’s funny because then the next note I have here is that Berkman hates life hacks.”

“It dawned on me while reading Berkman’s book that even though I long ago outgrew my childhood ideal that I would someday do that, I was still trying to get as close as possible.”

“This is Shelly from Port Townsend, Washington. I found that 4,000 Weeks was one of the most impactful books I’ve read this year.”

“Berkman said, 'As with money, it’s good to have plenty of time, all else being equal, but having all the time in the world isn’t much use if you’re forced to experience it all on your own.'”

“He talked about the same section in the book where Brooklyn describes how having too much time of your own can be overwhelming.”

“Berkman discusses this a few ways, stating that in a world geared for hurry, the capacity to resist the urge to hurry and allow things to take the time they need is a way to make an impact on the world.”

“In your example, Berkman mentions Rod Stewart building model trains, which I found interesting; he said he's not great at it, but he's been doing it for decades, and it has become a craft for him.”

“Speaking of perspectives, let's hear from a voicemail we received from Gail, who did not appreciate this book.”

“Oliver burkman's got this prompt from 4,000 weeks where he says decide in advance what you're going to suck at and um it's a really good one because if you focus all of your attention on one thing you make more progress in that thing than if you spent three times the amount of time on that thing”

“Oliver Burkman's most recent one is very similar to yours, and I think that was zeroing in on a new, very concentrated type of, so like, purified version of writing. And I'm here for it. So kind of taking the thesis of the book, overall, there's five sections, and I'm really excited to go through them and to talk about”

“and Oliver burkeman who wrote 4,000 weeks has a name for this bottomless pit of self-imposed expected efficiency productivity debt”

“I read about ­ ol ofer burkman's productivity debt idea”

“I think but Oliver burkman 4,000 weeks go read that book everybody's gonna die with things that have not been checked off their to-do list”

“oliver burkman 4,000 weeks phenomenal book he's coming back on the show”

“This is a really great insight from Oliver Burkeman's 4,000 Weeks. Has he been on? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, great guy.”

“just bought four thousand weeks you have mentioned a few times yes four thousand weeks by oliver berkman it's a fantastic book everyone should go and check that out”

“productivity obsession is immortality by a different name this is oliver berkman who wrote 4 000 weeks fantastic book”

“and obviously the seriousness of your book's title 4 000 weeks the reason for that is that that's the length of time of somebody that lives ish lives for 80 years”

“So 4,000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. I love that. I think it's a phenomenal book.”

“along the lines of some of the chapters in 4,000 weeks by Oliver Berkman which I think is a great book I really enjoyed this book”

“But there are a few things that I feel like I've indirectly taken from that that are very much along the lines of some of the chapters in 4,000 Weeks by Oliver Berkman, which I think is a great book.”

“also I really recommend people at least read this chapter you should read the whole book 4,000 weeks it's a great book The Cosmic insignificance therapy”

“And that was also evident and I got I had sort of contact with a few people after 4,000 weeks really began to take offering to help me put together specific kinds of courses”

“Also, sometimes people like I think people who haven't read 4,000 Weeks, but who know the title and know what it what it refers to.”

“there's actually one of the sort of slightly surprising things although I shouldn't have been surprised because I I had sort of explored this a little bit in 4,000 weeks is is the sort of benefits of something that I think I would call inconvenience”

“burkman's big idea which he described in his bestseller a couple years back 4,000 weeks is it no productivity system anywhere will ever deliver what it is”

“when I think about your your previous book 4,000 weeks meditation for Mortals Mortals being right there in the title I feel like you're writing long momento Mor's with pastel colored cover jackets”

“and you and I actually share a f ation it was in uh my book on polarization and it was also something you read about in your book with this article the times published years ago about a man who in at the beginning of the first Trump Administration decided he was done with the news”

“one of the things I love about Oliver burkman's Philosophy from 4,000 weeks is there is simply too much [ __ ] to do and you will never have enough time for any of it for for all of it”

“but one of the things I love about Oliver burkman's Philosophy from 4,000 weeks is there is simply too much [ __ ] to do and you will never have enough time for any of it for for all of it”

“And there's also a really, this is like the Brit roll call here, but I think Oliver Burkeman is also one of your countrymen, wrote a great book called 4,000 weeks, which is tremendous. And one of the chapters is called cosmic insignificance therapy.”

“And then it's been interesting with 4,000 Weeks, which became like a bonafide hit. You're now one of those guys.”

“I read 4,000 Weeks recently; it's also a great book about that, kind of a similar concept. But, you know, those books help me center and realize, 'Wait a minute, just because I can try and do everything, it doesn't mean that's the right move.'”

“you know if you're chilling out by reading oliver berkman's four thousand weeks but then you've also got a podcast with him”

“He has this idea from 4,000 weeks which is uh choose what you're going to suck at. Yep. Uh you know, choose in advance the thing that you're going to suck at because”

“Did you read the Oliver Burkeman book? I did. 4,000 Weeks? Is that what it's called? We talked about it on the show. But that was one thing I'm kind of laughing when you're talking about the emails because that part where he is like, "You have to realize like you will never win and you will never complete it."”

“Did you read the Oliver Burkeman book? I did, 4,000 Weeks—is that what it's called? We talked about it on the show, but that was one thing I'm kind of laughing when you're talking about the emails because that part where he is like, 'You have to realize like you will never win and you will never complete it.'”

“um I think this is originally from the book 10,000 weeks by Oliver bman Oliver Bergman”

“I loved this book and I recommend it to everyone, so thanks for choosing it for the Choose FI Book Club. I found especially helpful Oliver Berkman’s advice to choose something to neglect on purpose.”

“He says, "I just finished reading 4,000 weeks, and to say it was transformational for me is an understatement."”

“I read this book called 4,000 Weeks by Oliver Berkman.”

“with um you know the last book 4,000 weeks did a lot better than I was expecting”

“well the book four thousand weeks that's there then go to 4000 weeks book.com 400 weeksbook.com which is really just a page on my website which is oliverbirkman.com”