Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman

Author, “Meditations for Mortals”
Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman is a best-selling author and speaker. He explores productivity, mortality, the power of limits, and building a meaningful life in an age of bewilderment.

For many years, Oliver wrote a popular weekly column on psychology for The Guardian called "This Column Will Change Your Life." His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Psychologies, and New Philosopher. His book, Four Thousand Weeks was a New York Times best-seller and named one of the best books of 2021 by The Financial Times, The Times, The Observer, Audible, Time, and Barnes & Noble. In addition to books, he writes a regular newsletter called The Imperfectionist.

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Everywhere we turn, we’re surrounded by polished images of how life should look, and even though we know perfection isn’t real, this can leave us feeling stuck. In this class, Oliver Burkeman invites us to see through that illusion and embrace our limitations, revealing a more grounded path to productivity that actually works for real, imperfect people.