{"product_id":"meditations-for-mortals-four-weeks-to-embrace-your-limitations-and-make-time-for-what-counts","title":"Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"That's the dilemma that will almost surely keep Oliver Burkeman busy: His counsel that life's problems can't really be solved only primes his audience to want more advice . . . As Burkeman's ideas seep into my bones, so--slowly--does the reality that I'm going to be bumping up against the rough edges of life every day, even every hour, until I die. The nubbiness, the initial recoil followed by a kick of recognition--yes, I'm off-balance: This is the point.\" \u003cb\u003e--Hillary Kelly, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The kind of pep talk I can get on board with . . . Burkeman's insight--always clear-eyed and jargon-free--backs up, in a reassuring and constructive way, the other sense I have on more forgiving days . . . that it's better for you and everyone around you to work with, rather than fight against, who you are now.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Simon Usborne, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eMeditations for Mortals\u003c\/i\u003e provides useful answers to the questions of when and why you should give up: you should do it when your optimized, productivity-hacked life starts to feel constricting, deadening, or unrealistic, so that you can get more value out of your all-too-brief existence.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Joshua Rothman, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thoughtful, level-headed and useful . . . Burkeman doesn't offer life hacks. He offers thoughts that might nudge us towards changing our underlying attitudes.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--James McConnachie, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A bracing read . . . Burkeman is a friendly presence on the page . . . Stop denying the reality of whatever predicament you are in, he writes. Learn how to play in the ruins of your life.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Elaine Moore, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Liberating and humane.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eMeditations for Mortals\u003c\/i\u003e offers a bracing and refreshing antidote for what ails high achievers. With crackling wit and counterintuitive wisdom, Burkeman shows that it's okay--and often \n\u003ci\u003esmarter\u003c\/i\u003e--to do less, let some goals slide, and embrace our imperfections. This book is both a comfort and a challenge--exactly what our trying times demand.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Daniel H. Pink, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Regret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"More than a book of ideas, \n\u003ci\u003eMeditation for Mortals\u003c\/i\u003e offers a practical path toward personal transformation--one that helps you sidestep the shallow allure of frenetic busyness and find a liberating joy in the limits and imperfections of life. A must-read.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Cal Newport, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Slow Productivity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeep Work\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Chris van Tulleken, \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eUltra-Processed People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I follow Oliver Burkeman's personal, literary, and journalistic adventures into wisdom with admiration and exhilaration. Now he brings us a 'retreat of the mind' in a very special book. We should all read this, preferably in the company of others--for the sake of our aching world as well as the state of our souls.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Krista Tippett, host of \u003ci\u003eOn Being\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Oliver Burkeman has a way of giving you the most unexpected productivity advice exactly when you need it.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Mark Manson, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEverything is F*cked\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOliver Burkeman\u003c\/b\u003e worked for many years for \n\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, where he wrote a popular weekly column on psychology, \n\u003ci\u003eThis Column Will Change Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include the \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \n\u003ci\u003eFour Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA National Bestseller\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAddressing the fundamental questions about how to live, \n\u003ci\u003eMeditations for Mortals\u003c\/i\u003e offers a powerful new 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, the feeling that the world is spinning out of control. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow 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. The result is a life-enhancing and surprising challenge to much familiar advice--and a profound yet entertaining crash course in living more fully. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo be either read as a four-week \"retreat of the mind\" or devoured in one or two sittings, \n\u003ci\u003eMeditations for Mortals\u003c\/i\u003e will be a source of solace and inspiration, and an aid to a saner, freer, and more enchantment-filled life. 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